Questions tagged [virasoro-algebra]
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Submodules of direct sums of Verma modules for the Virasoro algebra
Let $M_1=M(c, h_1)$, $M_2 = M(c, h_2)$ be two Verma modules for the Virasoro algebra. Let $N$ be a submodule of the direct sum $M_1 \oplus M_2$. I am wondering if there is any classification results ...
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Indecomposable modules for Virasoro algebra whose weights are bounded
It is clear that the Verma modules are indecomposable modules for the Virasoro algebra with the $L_0$-weights bounded. I am wondering if the Verma modules exhaust all such indecomposable modules. Does ...
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The semiclassical limit of Virasoro reps $\varphi_{n,1}$ produces certain $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ reps — what is the connection to KdV?
The semiclassical ("light") limit $c\to \infty$ of the irreducible Virasoro representation $\varphi_{n,1}$ with highest weight $h_{n,1}\to -\frac{n-1}{2}$ is $\mathbb{C}[L_{-1},L_{-2},\dotsc]...
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Making Virasoro uniformization explicit for elliptic curves
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\Aut{Aut}\DeclareMathOperator\Lie{Lie}\DeclareMathOperator\Der{Der}\newcommand\el{\mathrm{ell}}$Let $\mathcal{M}_{g,1^{\infty}}$ denote the space ...
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Which infinite-dimensional Lie algebras have realizations as algebras of global sections of vector bundles with special structure?
I would not be surprised by downvotes since this question is at the same time very naïve, very vague and might be asking about things well known for decades. Specifically vagueness comes from the word ...
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Zhu's algebra for the Virasoro VOA
I am trying to understand the proof in the appendix of the following paper:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.110.8757&rep=rep1&type=pdf
The paper discusses Zhu's ...
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Relation between the Laplace eigenvalue of Maass forms and the Virasoro algebra
I attended today a talk of Dorian Goldfeld. In the talk, he mentioned that for a Maass cusp form $\phi$ of $\mathrm{SL}(n, \mathbb{Z})$, with Langlands parameter $\alpha = \left( \alpha_1, \dots, \...
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Equivariant cohomology of $\text{Diff}S^1/ S^1$ and Virasoro
Consider
$$\mathcal{M}\ =\ \text{Diff}S^1/S^1$$
which is a contractible complex manifold with an action of $\text{Diff}S^1$ by translations. It is claimed in page 358 of [1] that $\mathcal{M}$ has ...
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Different views on Highest weight irreducible modules of the Virasoro algebra
Every highest weight irreducible representation of the Virasoro algebra can be labelled uniquely by a pair $(c,h)$ of complex numbers [1]. This module can be written as quotient of the unique (up to ...
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The use of Schur's lemma for Lie algebras in physics (CFT)
Anytime a one-dimensional central extension appears in the physics literature, immediately they assume that in any irreducible representation the central charge will be a multiple of the identity, ...
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GKO (or coset) construction - all possible highest weights $h$
I am reading the famous paper "Unitary Representations of the Virasoro and Super-Virasoro Algebras" by Goddard, Kent, Olive.
From a compact simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ and a Lie subalgebra $\...
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Poisson vertex algebra
Suppose $vir_{c}= \operatorname{span}\langle L_{-2}v_{c},L_{-3}v_{c},....\rangle$ is a vector space spanned by Virasoro algebra. Then we have a symmetric algebra $Sym(vir_{c})$. For this symmetric ...
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Two questions on Zuber's "KdV and W-flows"
I'm having difficulty following computations in the paper "KdV and W-flows" by Zuber.
On pg. 2, what would be the conserved quantity $I_4$, related to the conservation laws of the KdV hierarchy? (...
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Two definitions of super-Virasoro algebra
Let $A=\mathbb C[x,\epsilon]$ where $x$ is an even variable and $\epsilon$ is an odd variable (thus $A$ is a commutative super-algebra). Let $\mathfrak g$ denote the Lie super-algebra of vector fields ...
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Virasoro constraints for parametrized GW invariants
Gromov-Witten invariants count isolated stable maps from Riemann surfaces to a fixed symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ subject to some incidence conditions. If we instead replace the target manifold ...
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q-Virasoro and q-Heisenberg algebras
The literature has definitions (seemingly plural, though they might be linked) of a $q$-deformed Virasoro algebra. But is there any link of these to a $q$-deformed Heisenberg algebra? (Classically ...
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A subalgebra of the Virasoro algebra
Let $L_n$ ($n\in\mathbb{Z}$) and $c$ be the standard generators of the Virasoro algebra ${\rm Vit}$. In the literature one usually considers the involutive authomorphism given by $\tau(L_n)=-L_{-n}$, $...
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Link between Virasoro algebra and Heisenberg algebra
I'm reading these notes on infinite-dimensional Lie algebras.
On page 5, author defines Heisenberg algebra and shows that certain infinite sums of elements of Heisenberg algebra (I'm being a little ...
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The space-time dimension of the N-superstring theory?
Let $\mathfrak{W}$ be the Lie algebra generated by $d_{n} = ie^{in\theta}\frac{d}{d\theta}$ and $\mathfrak{Vir} = \mathfrak{W} \oplus C \mathbb{C}$ its central extension:
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[L_m,L_n]=(m-n)L_{m+n}+\...
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Are there exactly solvable CFTs?
I am wondering if there are CFTs such that n-point correlation functions in them of the fields (may be the primaries or of some notion of twist fields) is exactly known.
Are there such?
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Is this error in this paper of Langlands fixable?
The FQS criterion for the Virasoro algebra was discovered by Friedan, Qiu and Shenker (1), but the mathematicians found their proof insufficient, so that, FQS (2) and Langlands (3), published in the ...
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What happens to Virasoro at c=25?
The Virasoro algebras $Vir_c$ are a family of infinite dimensional Lie *-algebras parametrized by a real number $c$, called the central charge.¹
I hear that there exist two critical values of the ...
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Motivation of Virasoro algebra
I have a question on definition/motivation of Virasoro algebra. Recall that Virasoro algebra is an infinite Lie algebra generated by elements $L_n$ $(n\in \mathbb{Z})$ and $c$ over $\mathbb{C}$ with ...
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Why is there a discrepancy between the normalizations of the central terms for the commutation relations of the Virasoro versus Neveu-Schwarz Lie algebras?
Following the standard conventions in the literature, the commutation relations of the Virasoro Lie algebra are given by
$$[L_m,L_n]=(m-n)L_{m+n}+\delta_{m,-n}\frac1{12}(m^3-m)c,$$
$$[c,L_n]=0.$$
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Representations of infinite dimensional Lie algebras as vector fields on manifolds
Suppose I have e.g. the Witt algebra,
$\left[l_n,l_m \right] = -(n-m)l_{n+m}$.
I want to realize the $l_n$ as vector fields on some manifold. The classical example is when the $l_n$ span the Lie ...
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I'm looking for a Virasoro-module whose character is 1+ 240q+ 2160q^2+ 6720q^3...
Let $E_4(q)=1+ 240q+ 2160q^2+ 6720q^3+\ldots $ be the Eisenstein series of weight 4,
also known as the theta-series of the $E_8$-lattice.
I'm looking for a $\mathbb N$-graded vector space $V$ of ...
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Why is there such a close resemblance between the unitary representation theory of the Virasoro algebra and that of the Temperley-Lieb algebra?
For those who aren't familiar with the Virasoro or Temperley-Lieb algebras, I include some definitions:
• The (universal envelopping algebra of the) Virasoro algebra is the $\star$-algebra $...
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How many embeddings are there of super-Virasoro into n Fermions?
What is the space of N=1 super-Virasoro vertex superalgebras inside the c=n/2 free fermion vertex superalgebra? [Said differently, how many Neveu-Schwartz vectors are there in n fermions?] Answers ...
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