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math.QA2014★ 115 cited

Braided tensor categories and extensions of vertex operator algebras

Yi-Zhi Huang, Alexander Kirillov, James Lepowsky

Let be a vertex operator algebra satisfying suitable conditions such that in particular its module category has a natural vertex tensor category structure, and consequently, a…

math.QA2014★ 2 cited

Vertex-algebraic structure of principal subspaces of standard A_2^{(2)}-modules, I

Corina Calinescu, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

Extending earlier work of the authors, this is the first in a series of papers devoted to the vertex-algebraic structure of principal subspaces of standard modules for twisted affi…

math.QA2011★ 51 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, VIII: Braided tensor category structure on categories of generalized modules for a conformal vertex algebra

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the eighth part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alg…

math.QA2011★ 49 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, VII: Convergence and extension properties and applications to expansion for intertwining maps

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the seventh part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) al…

math.QA2010★ 55 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, VI: Expansion condition, associativity of logarithmic intertwining operators, and the associativity isomorphisms

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the sixth part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alge…

math.QA2010★ 50 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, V: Convergence condition for intertwining maps and the corresponding compatibility condition

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the fifth part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alge…

math.QA2010★ 47 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, IV: Constructions of tensor product bifunctors and the compatibility conditions

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the fourth part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alg…

math.QA2010★ 48 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, III: Intertwining maps and tensor product bifunctors

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the third part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alge…

math.QA2010★ 57 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory, II: Logarithmic formal calculus and properties of logarithmic intertwining operators

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the second part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alg…

math.QA2010★ 7 cited

Logarithmic tensor category theory for generalized modules for a conformal vertex algebra, I: Introduction and strongly graded algebras and their generalized modules

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

This is the first part in a series of papers in which we introduce and develop a natural, general tensor category theory for suitable module categories for a vertex (operator) alge…

math.QA2009★ 5 cited

Vertex-algebraic structure of the principal subspaces of level one modules for the untwisted affine Lie algebras of types A,D,E

Corina Calinescu, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

Generalizing some of our earlier work, we prove natural presentations of the principal subspaces of the level one standard modules for the untwisted affine Lie algebras of types A,…

math.QA2007★ 11 cited

Logarithmic tensor product theory for generalized modules for a conformal vertex algebra

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

We generalize the tensor product theory for modules for a vertex operator algebra previously developed in a series of papers by the first two authors to suitable module categories…

math.QA2007★ 12 cited

Vertex-algebraic structure of the principal subspaces of certain A_1^(1)-modules, II: higher level case

Corina Calinescu, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

We give an a priori proof of the known presentations of (that is, completeness of families of relations for) the principal subspaces of all the standard A_1^(1)-modules. These pres…

math.QA2007

Some developments in vertex operator algebra theory, old and new

James Lepowsky

In this exposition, I discuss several developments in the theory of vertex operator algebras, and I include motivation for the definition.

math.QA2007★ 34 cited

Vertex-algebraic structure of the principal subspaces of certain A_1^(1)-modules, I: level one case

Corina Calinescu, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

This is the first in a series of papers in which we study vertex-algebraic structure of Feigin-Stoyanovsky's principal subspaces associated to standard modules for both untwisted a…

math.QA2006★ 64 cited

Logarithmic tensor product theory for generalized modules for a conformal vertex algebra, Part I

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

We generalize the tensor product theory for modules for a vertex operator algebra previously developed in a series of papers by the first two authors to suitable module categories…

math.QA2006

An equivalence of two constructions of permutation-twisted modules for lattice vertex operator algebras

Katrina Barron, Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky

The problem of constructing twisted modules for a vertex operator algebra and an automorphism has been solved in particular in two contexts. One of these two constructions is that…

math.QA2005★ 18 cited

From the representation theory of vertex operator algebras to modular tensor categories in conformal field theory

James Lepowsky

This is an expository article invited for the ``Commentary'' section of PNAS in connection with Y.-Z. Huang's article, ``Vertex operator algebras, the Verlinde conjecture, and modu…

math.QA2004

On the concepts of intertwining operator and tensor product module in vertex operator algebra theory

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Haisheng Li +1

We produce counterexamples to show that in the definition of the notion of intertwining operator for modules for a vertex operator algebra, the commutator formula cannot in general…

math.QA2003★ 41 cited

A logarithmic generalization of tensor product theory for modules for a vertex operator algebra

Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Lin Zhang

We describe a logarithmic tensor product theory for certain module categories for a ``conformal vertex algebra.'' In this theory, which is a natural, although intricate, generaliza…

math.QA2003★ 1 cited

Twisted vertex operators and Bernoulli polynomials

Benjamin Doyon, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

Using general principles in the theory of vertex operator algebras and their twisted modules, we obtain a bosonic, twisted construction of a certain central extension of a Lie alge…

math.QA2003★ 4 cited

The Rogers-Selberg recursions, the Gordon-Andrews identities and intertwining operators

Stefano Capparelli, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

Using the theory of intertwining operators for vertex operator algebras we show that the graded dimensions of the principal subspaces associated to the standard modules for $\hat{\…

math.QA2003★ 1 cited

Twisted modules for vertex operator algebras and Bernoulli polynomials

Benjamin Doyon, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

Using general principles of the theory of vertex operator algebras and their twisted modules, we obtain a bosonic, twisted construction of a certain central extension of a Lie alge…

math.QA2002

The Rogers--Ramanujan recursion and intertwining operators

Stefano Capparelli, James Lepowsky, Antun Milas

We use vertex operator algebras and intertwining operators to study certain substructures of standard --modules, allowing us to conceptually obtain the classical Rogers-…