On the D-module and formal-variable approaches to vertex algebras

Yi-Zhi Huang; James Lepowsky

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On the D-module and formal-variable approaches to vertex algebras

Yi-Zhi Huang·James Lepowsky

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In a program to formulate and develop two-dimensional conformal field theory in the framework of algebraic geometry, Beilinson and Drinfeld have recently given a notion of ``chiral algebra'' in terms of D-modules on algebraic curves. This definition consists of a ``skew-symmetry'' relation and a ``Jacobi identity'' relation in a categorical setting. In this paper, we show directly that these chiral algebras are essentially the same as vertex algebras without vacuum vector (and without grading), by establishing an equivalence between the skew-symmetry and Jacobi identity relations of Beilinson-Drinfeld and the (similarly-named, but different) skew-symmetry and Jacobi identity relations in the formal-variable approach to vertex operator algebra theory as formulated by Borcherds, Frenkel-Lepowsky-Meurman and Frenkel-Huang-Lepowsky.

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Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky. 1996-03-23. On the D-module and formal-variable approaches to vertex algebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9603020

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