Howe pairs in the theory of vertex algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2007.07.002zbMATH Open1221.17034arXivmath/0605174OpenAlexW2001842377MaRDI QIDQ2466499FDOQ2466499

Authors: Bong H. Lian, Andrew R. Linshaw 

Publication date: 15 January 2008

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For any vertex algebra V and any subalgebra A of V, there is a new subalgebra of V known as the commutant of A in V. This construction was introduced by Frenkel-Zhu, and is a generalization of an earlier construction due to Kac-Peterson and Goddard-Kent-Olive known as the coset construction. In this paper, we interpret the commutant as a vertex algebra notion of invariant theory. We present an approach to describing commutant algebras in an appropriate category of vertex algebras by reducing the problem to a question in commutative algebra. We give an interesting example of a Howe pair (ie, a pair of mutual commutants) in the vertex algebra setting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605174

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zbMATH Keywords

invariant theorycoset constructionHowe pairvertex algebra commutant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69)

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