Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations:
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Main Author: Lepowsky, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Birkhäuser Boston 2004
Series:Progress in Mathematics 227
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Vertexoperatoralgebra theory is a new area of mathematics. It has been an exciting and ever-growing subject from the beginning, starting even before R.Borcherds introduced theprecise mathematical notion of"vertex algebra" inthe 1980s [BI].Having developed in conjunction with string theory in theoretical physics and with the theory of "mon­ strous moonshine" and infinite-dimensional Lie algebra theory in mathematics, vertex (operator) algebra theory is qualitatively different from traditional algebraic theories, reflecting the "nonclassical" nature of string theory and of monstrous moonshine. The theory has revealed new perspectives that were unavailable without it, and continues to do so. "Monstrous moonshine" began as an astonishing set ofconjectures relating theMon­ ster finite simple group to the theory of modular functions in number theory.As is now known, vertex operator algebra theory is a foundational pillarof monstrous moonshine. With the theory available, one can formulate and try to solve new problems that have far-reaching implications in a wide range of fields that had not previously been thought of as being related
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 318 p)
ISBN:9780817681869
9781461264804
DOI:10.1007/978-0-8176-8186-9

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