Singular support of a vertex algebra and the arc space of its associated scheme

Abstract

Attached to a vertex algebra $\mathcal{V}$ are two geometric objects. The associated scheme of $\mathcal{V}$ is the spectrum of Zhu's Poisson algebra $R_{\mathcal{V}}$. The singular support of $\mathcal{V}$ is the spectrum of the associated graded algebra $\text{gr}(\mathcal{V})$ with respect to Li's canonical decreasing filtration. There is a closed embedding from the singular support to the arc space of the associated scheme, which is an isomorphism in many interesting cases. In this note we give an example of a non-quasi-lisse vertex algebra whose associated scheme is reduced, for which the isomorphism is not true as schemes but true as varieties.

A few minor corrections, final version, to appear in Progress in Mathematics volume in honor of Anthony Joseph's 75th birthday