On rational conformal field theories: explicit modular formulae

DOI10.1007/s11005-005-1818-4zbMath1115.81058OpenAlexW1974917037MaRDI QIDQ2571647

Antoine D. Coste

Publication date: 14 November 2005

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-005-1818-4

zbMATH Keywords

classificationcharacterscongruence subgroupsrational conformal field theoriesGalois groups in physicsrepresentations of modular grouptheta series.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Relationship to Lie algebras and finite simple groups (11F22) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Gauss and Kloosterman sums; generalizations (11L05)

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