Vertex operator algebras and the Verlinde conjecture

Communications in Contemporary Mathematics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-154

  Huang, Yi Zhi ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR MATHEMATIK   (Germany)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion rule; Modular transformation; Verlinde conjecture; Verlinde formula; Vertex operator algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349111945     PISSN: 02191997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219199708002727     Document Type: Article

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