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what else is in $\prod_{j=1}^n(1+q^j)$?
From time to time, I run into the finite product $\prod_{j=1}^n(1+q^j)$. And, the more it happens, the more fascinated I've become. So, herein, I wish to get help in collecting such results. To give ...
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A royal road to Coulomb branches of 3D $\mathcal{N}=4$ gauge theories
So, I've been very interested recently with the developements of the (now mathematically precise) theory of Coulomb branches - in particular because of its recent applications on representation theory ...
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Resource for learning quantum mechanics from the viewpoint of representation theory
Quantum mechanics is deeply connected with representation theory. Therefore, I'm looking for a textbook or article which presents quantum mechanics in a representation theoretic manner. Could anyone ...
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Formula for $U(N)$ integration wanted
Before you jump on the "duplicate" buttom, let me say that I do not want to hear about Weingarten calculus and I do not want to see a character of the symmetric group.
What I would like is a formula ...
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Frenkel-Kac's vertex operator realisation of the basic representation of an untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebra
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$ and let $\hat{\mathfrak{g}} := (\mathfrak{g}[t^{\pm 1}] \oplus \mathbb{C} c) \rtimes \mathbb{C} D$ be the corresponding ...
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Reference request: superconformal algebras and representations
I am looking for a book/monograph which deals with superconformal (vertex operator) algebras and their representation theory. What are some good books to understand to begin with the definition of a ...
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Weyl's Branching Rule for $SU(N)$-Setting
On the Wikipedia page for restricted representations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_representation
there is presented a number of explicit "branching rules". In particular, there is the ...
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The ¨irreducible¨ representation variety of surface group
Let $S$ be a closed surface of genus larger than 1, $G$ be a compact, simply connected simple Lie group with finite center.
Consider the representation variety $M(S,G)=Rep(\pi_1(S), G)$. Witten´s ...
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Representation of Heisenberg-Weyl elements and their exponentials
There is possibly a huge literature on the subject but I am a newcomer on analytic representations and my need is rather specific. I simplify it below.
Let $A,B$ be two symbols (standing for ...
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Formula involving Wigner's 3j symbols and integration over irreducible representations of SU(2)
$\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}$In some calculations, I saw the following formula
$$\int_{\SU(2)}\,\mathrm{d}g\,D^{j_{1}}_{m_{1}n_{1}}(g)D^{j_{2}}_{m_{2}n_{2}}(g)D^{j_{3}}_{m_{3}n_{3}}(g)=(-1)^{j_{1}+j_{...
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Resource on spectral theory for differential operators with symmetry groups
In Methods of Mathematical Physics IV by Reed and Simon, the authors cover Floquet theory in detail in Section XIII.16. On page 280, they note that
"A part of the analysis of [the periodic ...
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Permutation matrix in terms of an $\mathfrak{su}(r)$-basis (generalised Gell-Mann matrices)
Let $V \cong \mathbb{C}^r$ be the defining representation of $\mathfrak{su}(r)$. Then the permutation on $V \otimes V$ can be expressed as
$$ P = \frac{1}{r} \, 1 \otimes 1 + \frac{1}{2} \sum_{a=1}^{r^...
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Twisted affine Lie algebras, Lie bracket and normalized standard invariant form
I am reading the book: Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras (Kac, third edition) and the article: Affine Lie algebras and the Virasoro algebras I (Wakimoto, link). The formulas they wrote for the Lie ...
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Does the Leclerc-Thibon involution exchange vertex operators of the first and second type?
This question is about $U_q ( \hat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2 )$ representation theory. There is a notion of vertex operators $\Phi_{\pm }(z)$ of first and $\Psi_{\pm}(z)$ of the second type. They are defined ...
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K-finiteness of unitary representations of Poincaré-like groups?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}\DeclareMathOperator\ISO{ISO}$I'd like to know if there are any papers that study the following problems:
Determine when decomposing the unitary irreps of $\ISO(d,1)$ into ...
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