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Duality via convolution of W-algebras

Quantum Algebra 2025-06-11 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

Feigin-Frenkel duality is the isomorphism between the principal W\mathcal{W}-algebras of a simple Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g} and its Langlands dual Lie algebra Lg{}^L\mathfrak{g}. A generalization of this duality to a larger family of W\mathcal{W}-algebras called hook-type was recently conjectured by Gaiotto and Rap\v{c}\'ak and proved by the first two authors. It says that the affine cosets of two different hook-type W\mathcal{W}-algebras are isomorphic. A natural question is whether the duality between affine cosets can be enhanced to a duality between the full W\mathcal{W}-algebras. There is a convolution operation that maps a hook-type W\mathcal{W}-algebra W\mathcal{W} to a certain relative semi-infinite cohomology of W\mathcal{W} tensored with a suitable kernel VOA. The first two authors conjectured previously that this cohomology is isomorphic to the Feigin-Frenkel dual hook-type W\mathcal{W}-algebra. Our main result is a proof of this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2203.01843,
  title  = {Duality via convolution of W-algebras},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig and Andrew R. Linshaw and Shigenori Nakatsuka and Ryo Sato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.01843},
  year   = {2025}
}

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