Factorizations of 3d Interval Partition Functions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2025-09-30 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We show that interval partition functions (transition amplitudes) of three-dimensional theories admit factorizations into sums of products of hemisphere partition functions with additional normalization factors. We prove the factorization explicitly for supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics and Chern-Simons-Yang-Mills theories. In the former case, we interpret the factorization geometrically in terms of the factorization of equivariant K-theory classes. In the latter case, we prove that hemisphere partition functions are affine characters and determine the normalization factors explicitly in special cases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.23902,
title = {Factorizations of 3d Interval Partition Functions},
author = {Boan Zhao and Panos Betzios and Paul Luis Roehl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.23902},
year = {2025}
}