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Leading terms of relations on a level 5 module over the twisted affine Lie algebra $A_2^{(2)}$

Combinatorics 2026-03-31 v4 Representation Theory

Abstract

One of the starting points of this work was the duality of Borcea relating standard level kk representations of A1(1)A_1^{(1)} and level 2k+12k+1 of A2(2)A_2^{(2)}. For k=1k=1 the combinatorial bases in both cases yield the two Capparelli identities and we wanted to see if there is a correspondence between the bases in terms of partitions for all kNk\in\mathbb N. By using the vertex operator relations in the principal picture for level 55 standard A2(2)A_2^{(2)}-modules we reduce a spanning set of Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt-type vectors in L(5Λ0)L(5\Lambda_0) by removing the leading terms of relations and rendering a list of 34 ``difference'' conditions for partitions.We have with computer programs sorted out the sets of partitions satisfying these conditions and formed the partial generating series which agrees with the principally specialized character for all powers of qq up to 4141. Although our list of leading terms is incomplete, our results show that the corresponding combinatorial identity for LA2(2)(5Λ0)L_{A_2^{(2)}}(5\Lambda_0) drastically differs from the one for the Borcea dual LA1(1)(2Λ0)L_{A_1^{(1)}}(2\Lambda_0).

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@article{arxiv.2511.12284,
  title  = {Leading terms of relations on a level 5 module over the twisted affine Lie algebra $A_2^{(2)}$},
  author = {Stefano Capparelli and Arne Meurman and Mirko Primc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.12284},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, submitted to a Special Volume in honor of Jim Lepowsky's 80th birthday