Talk on String functions and quantum affine algebras

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abstract

The character of an irreducible representation with dominant integral highest weight of an affine Lie algebra can be written as a linear combination of theta functions, with coefficients given by string functions which are modular forms. There are still many aspects of string functions that are not well-understood. In this talk I will review the basic properties of them, and explain certain connections with finite-dimensional representations of quantum affine algebras.

key message

  • string functions know about Kirillov-Reshetikhin modules

review of affine Lie algebras and their integrable representations

affine Lie algebras

  • Affine Kac-Moody algebra
  • \overline{\mathfrak{g}}$ : complex simple Lie algebra of rank $r$ assoc. to Cartan matrix $(a_{ij})_{i,j\in \overline{I}}$, $\overline{I}=\{1,\cdots, r\}$
  • untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebra $\mathfrak{g}$

$$\mathfrak{g}=\overline{\mathfrak{g}}\otimes\mathbb{C}[t,t^{-1}]\oplus\mathbb{C}c \oplus\mathbb{C}d$$

  • \((a_{ij})_{i,j\in I}\) : extended Cartan matrix $I=\{0\}\cup \overline{I}$
  • can be also defined as a Lie algebra with generators \(e_i,h_i,f_i , (i=0,1,2,\cdots, r)\) and relations, for example,
    • \(\left(\text{ad} e_i\right){}^{1-a_{i,j}}\left(e_j\right)=0\) (\(i\neq j\))
  • basis of the Cartan subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$; \(h_0,h_ 1,\cdots,h_r,d\)
  • dual basis for $\mathfrak{h}^{*}$; \(\Lambda_0,\Lambda_1,\cdots,\Lambda_r,\delta\)
  • we call \(\Lambda_0,\Lambda_1,\cdots,\Lambda_r\) the fundamental weights and \(\delta\) the imaginary root
  • simple roots \(\alpha_0,\alpha_1,\cdots,\alpha_r\)
  • $a_i,\, i=0,1,\dots, r$ : marks
  • $a_i^{\vee},\, i=0,1,\dots, r$ : comarks
  • distinguished elements
    • longest root of $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$ : $\theta = \sum_{i=1}^{r}a_i\alpha_i$
    • central element \(c=\sum_{i=0}^{r}a_i^{\vee}h _i\)
    • imaginary root \(\delta=\sum_{i=0}^{r}a_i\alpha_i\)
    • Weyl vector \(\rho=\sum_{i=0}^{r}\Lambda_i\)

remarks on affine weights

  • call $k=\lambda(c)$ the level of $\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$
  • sometimes convenient to write $\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$ as $\lambda=(k;\overline{\lambda};\xi)\in \mathbb{C}\times \overline{\mathfrak{h}}^{*}\times \mathbb{C}$ where $k=\lambda(c)$, $\overline{\lambda}$ is the restriction of $\lambda$ on $\overline{\mathfrak{h}}$, $\xi=\lambda(\delta)$
    • $\Lambda_0 = (a_0^{\vee};0;0)$
    • $\Lambda_i = (a_i^{\vee};\omega_i;0)$, for $i=1,\dots, r$ ($\omega_i$ is fundamental weight for $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$)
    • $\delta = (0;0;0)$, for $i=1,\dots, r$
    • $\alpha_0 = (0;-\theta;1)$
    • $\alpha_i = (0;\alpha_i;0)$, for $i=1,\dots, r$ ($\alpha_i$ simple root for $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$)
  • bilinear form $(\cdot|\cdot)$ on $\mathfrak{h}^{*}$
    • $\left((k_1;\overline{\lambda}_1;\xi_1)|(k_2;\overline{\lambda}_2;\xi_2)\right) = k_1\xi_2+k_2\xi_1+(\overline{\lambda}_1|\overline{\lambda}_2)_{\overline{\mathfrak{h}}^{*}}$
  • normalize $(\cdot|\cdot)$ so that $(\theta|\theta)_{\overline{\mathfrak{h}}^{*}}=2$
  • sometimes write $\overline{\lambda} = (0;\overline{\lambda};0)$ by abusing notation
  • let $Q=\sum_{i=1}^{r}\Z\, \alpha_i\subseteq \mathfrak{h}^{*}$ (root lattice of $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$)
  • define $M\subseteq Q$ : $M=\{\sum_{i=1}^{r}\Z\, \alpha_i^{\vee}\}$ where $\alpha_i^{\vee}=t_i\alpha_i$ where $t_i=\frac{2}{(\alpha_i|\alpha_i)}$

affine Weyl group

  • Affine Weyl group
  • The affine Weyl group $W$ is generated by $s_0,s_1,\cdots, s_r\in \operatorname{Aut}\,\mathfrak{h}^{*}$ defined by

$$s_{i}\lambda = \lambda -\lambda(h_i)\alpha_i$$ for $i=0,1, \cdots, r$.

  • for $\gamma\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$, define $t_{\gamma} : \mathfrak{h}^{*}\to \mathfrak{h}^{*}$ by

$$t_{\gamma}(\lambda)=\lambda+\lambda(c)\gamma-\left(\frac{1}{2}\lambda(c)|\gamma|^2+(\gamma|\lambda)\right)\delta $$

thm

Let $T=\{t_{\gamma}|\gamma\in M\}$. Then $W=\overline{W} \ltimes T$

integrable representations and characters

  • Unitary representations of affine Kac-Moody algebras
  • for each $\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$, $\exists$ irreducible $\mathfrak{g}$-module $L(\lambda)$ (quotient of Verma module)
  • A $\mathfrak{g}$-module $V$ is integrable if $V=\oplus_{\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}}V_{\lambda}$ and if $e_i : V\to V$ and $f_i : V\to V$ are locally nilpotent for all $i=0,1,\cdots, r$
  • $\Lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$ is dominant integral if $\Lambda(\mathfrak{h}_i)\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0},\, i=0,1,\cdots,r$
  • let $P_{+}$ be the set of dominant integral weights, i.e. $\{\Lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}|\Lambda=\sum_{i=0}^{l}\lambda_{i}\Lambda_i+\xi \delta, \lambda_i \in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0},\xi \in \mathbb{C}\}

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thm

Let $V$ be an irreducible $\mathfrak{g}$-module in a certain category $\mathcal{O}$. Then $V=L(\Lambda)$ for some $\Lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$ and $L(\Lambda)$ is integrable if and only if $\Lambda\in P_{+}$

  • why care irreducible and integrable representation? Weyl's character formula holds
  • character of \(L(\Lambda)\)

$$\operatorname{ch} L(\Lambda):=\sum_{\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}}\operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda) e^{\lambda}$$

thm (Weyl-Kac formula)

Let $\Lambda\in P_{+}$. Then $$ \operatorname{ch} L(\Lambda)=\frac{\sum_{w\in W} (-1)^{\ell(w)}w(e^{\Lambda+\rho})}{\sum_{w\in W} (-1)^{\ell(w)}w(e^{\rho})} $$

remark

For actual computation of $m_{\lambda} = \operatorname{mult}_{\lambda}(\lambda)$, more practical to use Freudenthal multiplicity formula $$ (|\Lambda+\rho|^2-|\lambda+\rho|^2)m_{\lambda}=2\sum_{\alpha\in \Delta_{+}}\sum_{j\geq 1}(\operatorname{mult} \alpha)(\lambda+j\alpha|\alpha)m_{\lambda+j\alpha} $$

string functions

def

For each $\lambda\in \mathfrak{h}^{*}$, the string function $c_{\lambda }^{\Lambda}$ is $$ c_{\lambda }^{\Lambda}=e^{-m_{\Lambda,\lambda}\delta}\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda-n\delta)e^{-n \delta} $$ where $m_{\Lambda}=\frac{(\Lambda+\rho)^2}{2(k+h^{\vee})}-\frac{\rho^2}{2h^{\vee}}$ and $m_{\Lambda,\lambda}=m_{\Lambda}-\frac{\lambda^2}{2k}$

  • note that $m_{\Lambda}=h_{\Lambda}-\frac{c_{\Lambda}}{24}+\xi$ where $h_{\Lambda}=\frac{(\bar{\Lambda}+2\bar{\rho}|\bar{\Lambda})}{2(k+h^{\vee})}$ and $c_{\Lambda}=\frac{k}{k+h^{\vee}}\dim \mathfrak{\overline{g}}$ (these number frequently appear in rep. theory of Virasoro algebra)
remarks
  • modular form of weight $-r/2$ after setting $q:=e^{-\delta}$
  • an explicit expression for the string functions is not known in general
  • the few that are known were guessed using the modular transformations
  • $c_{\lambda }^{\Lambda}=c_{w\lambda }^{\Lambda}$ for $w\in W$
  • Theta functions in Kac-Moody algebras
  • for each $\lambda\in P^k$, define the theta function as

$$ \Theta_{\lambda}= e^{-\frac{|\lambda|^2\delta}{2k}}\sum_{\gamma \in M}e^{t_{\gamma}(\lambda)}=e^{k\Lambda_0}\sum_{\gamma\in M+\overline{\lambda}/k}e^{-\frac{1}{2}k|\gamma|^2 \delta + k \gamma} $$

  • A weight $\lambda$ of $L(\Lambda)$ is maximal if $\lambda+\delta$ is not a weight
  • the set $\max(\Lambda)$ of maximal weights is stable under $W$


thm

$$ e^{-m_{\Lambda}\delta}\operatorname{ch} L(\Lambda)=\sum_{\lambda}c^{\Lambda}_{\lambda }\Theta_{\lambda} $$

proof

$$ \begin{aligned} \operatorname{ch} L(\Lambda)&=\sum_{\lambda\in \max{L(\Lambda)}}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda-n\delta)e^{\lambda-n \delta} && \text{(any weight $\mu$ is of the form $\lambda-n \delta$ for some unique $\lambda, n$)} \\ &=\sum_{\lambda\in \max{L(\Lambda)}/T} \left(\sum_{\gamma\in M}e^{t_{\gamma}(\lambda)}\right)\left(\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda-n\delta)e^{-n\delta}\right)\\ &=\sum_{\lambda\in \max{L(\Lambda)}/T} e^{m_{\Lambda}\delta}c^{\Lambda}_{\lambda}\Theta_{\lambda} \end{aligned} $$ ■


asymptotic growth of coefficients

  • modularity of $c_{\lambda }^{\Lambda}$ implies
thm (Kac-Peterson)

Let $\Lambda\in P_{k}^{+},\, \lambda\in \max(\Lambda)$. As $n\to \infty$, $$ \log (\operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda-n\delta))\sim (\frac{2C_{\Lambda}\pi^2n}{3})^{1/2} $$

conjectural formula for string functions

$$ K^{m n}_{a b} = \Bigl(\hbox{min}(t_bm, t_an) - {m n\over \ell}\Bigr) (\alpha_a \vert \alpha_b) $$

conjecture [KNS93]

We have \begin{equation}\label{qkns} c^{\ell\Lambda_0}_\lambda(q)\cdot \eta(\tau)^r= \sum_{\{N^{(a)}_m\}}\frac{q^{\frac{1}{2}\sum_{(a,m), (b,n) \in H_\ell} K^{mn}_{ab}N^{(a)}_mN^{(b)}_n}} {\prod_{(a,m) \in H_\ell}(1-q)(1-q^2)\cdots (1-q^{N^{(a)}_m})} \end{equation} up to a rational power of $q$, where $\eta$ is the Dedekind eta function .

The outer sum is over $N^{(a)}_m \in \Z_{\ge 0}$ such that $$\sum_{(a,m) \in H_\ell}mN^{(a)}_m\alpha_a \equiv \overline{\lambda} \mod \ell M.$$

example

  • let $\mathfrak{g}=A_1$
  • consider the vacuum representation of level $\ell$
thm [Lepowski-Primc 1985]

$$ c^{\ell\Lambda_0}_{\ell\Lambda_0}(\tau)\cdot \eta(\tau)=\sum_{(N_1,\dots,N_{\ell-1})\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}^{\ell-1}}\frac{q^{\sum_{n,m=1}^{\ell-1} N_n N_m (\min (n,m) -\frac{nm}{\ell})}} {\prod_{m=1}^{\ell-1}(1-q)\cdots(1-q^{N_m})} $$ where the sum is under the constraint $ \sum_{m=1}^{\ell-1} m N_m \equiv 0 \ \mathrm{mod}\ \ell$.

memo

$$ \operatorname{mult}_{\Lambda}(\lambda-n\delta)\sim (\text{const})\times n^{-(1/4)(r+3)}e^{4\pi (a n)^{1/2}} $$


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