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S-matrices in the holomorphic modular bootstrap approach

arXiv:2602.14665

Abstract

We numerically determine the S-matrix by using connection formulae in the modular linear differential equation (MLDE) approach to the holomorphic modular bootstrap. We then determine exact formulae using the fact that entries in the -matrix are integer entries in a cyclotomic extension of the field of rational numbers. This provides a method that is intrinsic to the MLDE setup and does not require inputs outside this framework. The method is illustrated with a selection of examples.

18 pages, 1 figure, Appendix by Abhiram Kidambi; A Mathematica notebook with many more examples is provided as an ancillary file

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