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Alexander Kirillov Jr.

Publications and source records attributed to Alexander Kirillov Jr..

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arXiv2014

Braided tensor categories and extensions of vertex operator algebras

Let $V$ 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 natural braided tensor category structure. We prove that the notions of extension (i.e., enlargement) of $V$ and of commutative associative algebra, with uniqueness of unit and with trivial twist, in the braided tensor category of $V$-modules are equivalent.

math.QA↗

arXiv2010

Turaev-Viro invariants as an extended TQFT

In this paper we show how one can extend Turaev-Viro invariants, defined for an arbitrary spherical fusion category $C$, to 3-manifolds with corners. We demonstrate that this gives an extended TQFT which conjecturally coincides with the Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFT corresponding to the Drinfeld center $Z(C)$. In the present paper we give a partial proof of this statement.

math.GT↗

arXiv2008

Coxeter Elements and Root Bases

Let g be a Lie algebra of type A,D,E with fixed Cartan subalgebra h, root system R and Weyl group W. We show that a choice of Coxeter element C gives a root basis for g. Moreover we show that this root basis gives a purely combinatorial construction of g, where root vectors correspond to vertices of a certain quiver $Gammahat$, and show that with respect to this basis the structure constants of the Lie bracket are given by paths in $Gammahat$. This construction is then related to the constructions of Ringel and Peng and Xiao.

math.RT↗

arXiv2007

Coxeter Elements and Periodic Auslander-Reiten Quiver

In this paper we show that for a simply-laced root system a choice of $C$ gives rise to a natural construction of the Dynkin diagram, in which vertices of the diagram correspond to $C$-orbits in $R$; moreover, it gives an identification of $R$ with a certain subset $Ihat$ of $I x Z_{2h}$, where $h$ is the Coxeter number. The set $Ihat$ has a natural quiver structure; we call it the periodic Auslander-Reiten quiver. This gives a combinatorial construction of the root system associated with the Dynkin diagram $I$: roots are vertices of $Ihat$, and the root lattice and the inner product admit an explicit description in terms of $Ihat$. Finally, we relate this construction to the theory of quiver representations.

math.RT↗

arXiv1997

Canonical basis and homology of local systems

Using the isomorphism between highest weight U_q(sl_2)-modules and homologies of certain local systems on the configuration spaces, constructed by Varchenko, we give a geometric construction of the dual of the Lusztig's canonical basis in a tensor product of irreducible finite-dimensional U_q(sl_2)-modules.

q-alg↗

arXiv1995

On inner product in modular tensor categories. I

In this paper we study modular tensor categories (braided rigid balanced tensor categories with additional finiteness and non-degeneracy conditions), in particular, representations of quantum groups at roots of unity. We show that the action of modular group on certain spaces of morphisms in MTC is unitary with respect to the natural inner product on these spaces. In a special case of category based on representations of the quantum group U_q sl_n at roots of unity we show that in some of these spaces of morphisms (for U_q sl_2, in all of them) the action of modular group can be written in terms of values of Macdonald's polynomials of type A at roots of unity. This gives identities for these special values, both known before (symmetry identity) and new ones. The paper contains a detailed exposition of the theory of modular categories as well as construction of modular categories from representation of quantum groups at roots of unity

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arXiv1995

Traces of intertwining operators and Macdonald's polynomials

Let $Φ:V\to V\otimes U$ be an intertwining operator between representations of a simple Lie algebra (quantum group, affine Lie algebra). We define its generalized character to be the following function on the Cartan subalgebra with values in $U$: $χ_Φ(h)=\Tr_V (Φe^h)$. These generalized characters are a rich source of special functions, possessing many interesting properties; for example, they are common eigenfunctions of a family of commuting differential (difference) operators. We show that the special functions that can be obtained this way include Macdonald's polynomials of type $A$, and this technique allows to prove inner product and symmetry identities for these polynomials (though proved earlier by other methods). Generalized characters for affine Lie algebras are closely related with so-called correlation functions on the torus in the Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model of conformal field theory. We derive differential equations satisfied by these correlation functions (elliptic Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov, or Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard equations) and study their monodromies.

q-alg↗

arXiv1995

On the affine analogue of Jack's and Macdonald's polynomials

We define the analogue of Jack's (Jacobi) polynomials, which were defined for finite-dimensional root system by Heckman and Opdam as eigenfunctions of trigonometric Sutherland operator for the affine root system $\hat A_{n-1}$. In the affine case, we define the polynomials as eigenfunctions of "affine Sutherland operator", which is Calogero-Sutherland operator with elliptic potential plus the term involving derivative with respect to the modular parameter. We show that such polynomials can be constructed explicitly as traces of certain intertwiners for affine Lie algebra. Also, we define the q-analogue of this construction, which gives affine analogues of Macdonald's polynomials, and show the (conjectured) relation between the Macdonald's inner product identities for affine case and scalar product of conformal blocks in the WZW model.

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