Nahm's conjecture: asymptotic computations and counterexamples

DOI10.4310/CNTP.2011.V5.N3.A2zbMATH Open1256.81102arXiv1104.4008OpenAlexW2964223082WikidataQ123009718 ScholiaQ123009718MaRDI QIDQ432999FDOQ432999

Authors: Masha Vlasenko, Sander P. Zwegers 

Publication date: 13 July 2012

Published in: Communications in Number Theory and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider certain q-series depending on parameters (A,B,C), where A is a positive definite r times r matrix, B is an r-vector and C is a scalar, and ask when these q-series are modular forms. Werner Nahm conjectured a criterion for which A's can occur, in terms of torsion in the Bloch group. The conjecture was proved by Don Zagier and Michael Terhoeven for r=1. We develop their approach for r>1 and find several new examples of modular forms as well as some counterexamples to Nahm's conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4008

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansionmodular functionsBloch-Wigner dilogarithm, Nahm's conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modular and automorphic functions (11F03) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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