The Moduli Space of $N=1$ Superspheres with Tubes and the Sewing Operation

The Moduli Space of $N=1$ Superspheres with Tubes and the Sewing Operation
Author: Katrina Barron
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821832603

Within the framework of complex supergeometry and motivated by two-dimensional genus-zero holomorphic $N = 1$ superconformal field theory, this book defines the moduli space of $N=1$ genus-zero super-Riemann surfaces with oriented and ordered half-infinite tubes, modulo superconformal equivalence.

Moduli Spaces of Polynomials in Two Variables

Moduli Spaces of Polynomials in Two Variables
Author: Javier Fernández de Bobadilla
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821835939

Investigates the geometry of the orbit space. This book associates a graph with each polynomial in two variables that encodes part of its geometric properties at infinity. It also defines a partition of $\mathbb{C} x, y]$ imposing that the polynomials in the same stratum are the polynomials with a fixed associated graph

Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics

Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics
Author: Katrina Barron
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470426668

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference on Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, celebrating the 70th birthday of James Lepowsky and Robert Wilson, held from August 14–18, 2015, at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Since their seminal work in the 1970s, Lepowsky and Wilson, their collaborators, their students, and those inspired by their work, have developed an amazing body of work intertwining the fields of Lie algebras, vertex algebras, number theory, theoretical physics, quantum groups, the representation theory of finite simple groups, and more. The papers presented here include recent results and descriptions of ongoing research initiatives representing the broad influence and deep connections brought about by the work of Lepowsky and Wilson and include a contribution by Yi-Zhi Huang summarizing some major open problems in these areas, in particular as they pertain to two-dimensional conformal field theory.

Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations

Introduction to Vertex Operator Algebras and Their Representations
Author: James Lepowsky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817681868

* Introduces the fundamental theory of vertex operator algebras and its basic techniques and examples. * Begins with a detailed presentation of the theoretical foundations and proceeds to a range of applications. * Includes a number of new, original results and brings fresh perspective to important works of many other researchers in algebra, lie theory, representation theory, string theory, quantum field theory, and other areas of math and physics.

Gromov-Hausdorff Distance for Quantum Metric Spaces/Matrix Algebras Converge to the Sphere for Quantum Gromov-Hausdorff Distance

Gromov-Hausdorff Distance for Quantum Metric Spaces/Matrix Algebras Converge to the Sphere for Quantum Gromov-Hausdorff Distance
Author: Marc Aristide Rieffel
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821835181

By a quantum metric space we mean a $C DEGREES*$-algebra (or more generally an order-unit space) equipped with a generalization of the usual Lipschitz seminorm on functions which one associates to an ordinary metric. We develop for compact quantum metric spaces a version of Gromov-Hausdorff di

Infinite Dimensional Complex Symplectic Spaces

Infinite Dimensional Complex Symplectic Spaces
Author: William Norrie Everitt
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821835459

Complex symplectic spaces are non-trivial generalizations of the real symplectic spaces of classical analytical dynamics. This title presents a self-contained investigation of general complex symplectic spaces, and their Lagrangian subspaces, regardless of the finite or infinite dimensionality.

Pseudodifferential Analysis on Conformally Compact Spaces

Pseudodifferential Analysis on Conformally Compact Spaces
Author: Robert Lauter
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821832727

The $0$-calculus on a manifold with boundary is a micro-localization of the Lie algebra of vector fields that vanish at the boundary. It has been used by Mazzeo, Melrose to study the Laplacian of a conformally compact metric.

Banach Embedding Properties of Non-Commutative $L^p$-Spaces

Banach Embedding Properties of Non-Commutative $L^p$-Spaces
Author: U. Haagerup
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821832719

Let $\mathcal N$ and $\mathcal M$ be von Neumann algebras. It is proved that $L DEGREESp(\mathcal N)$ does not linearly topologically embed in $L DEGREESp(\mathcal M)$ for $\mathcal N$ infinite, $\mathcal M$ finit

Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Areas

Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Areas
Author: M. J. Bergvelt
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821848402

Vertex operator algebras were introduced to mathematics in the work of Richard Borcherds, Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky and Arne Meurman as a mathematically rigorous formulation of chiral algebras of two-dimensional conformal field theory. The aim was to use vertex operator algebras to explain and prove the remarkable Monstrous Moonshine conjectures in group theory. The theory of vertex operator algebras has now grown into a major research area in mathematics. These proceedings contain expository lectures and research papers presented during the international conference on Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Areas, held at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, from July 7 to July 11, 2008. The main aspects of this conference were connections and interactions of vertex operator algebras with the following areas: conformal field theories, quantum field theories, Hopf algebra, infinite dimensional Lie algebras, and modular forms. This book will be useful for researchers as well as for graduate students in mathematics and physics. Its purpose is not only to give an up-to-date overview of the fields covered by the conference but also to stimulate new directions and discoveries by experts in the areas.