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Modular Invariant of Quantum Tori

Number Theory 2013-09-04 v5 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

The quantum modular invariant of a real number is defined as a discontinuous, PGL(2,Z)-invariant multi-valued map using the distance-to-the-nearest-integer function. On the rationals, the quantum modular invariant is shown to be infinity and for quadratic irrationalities PARI/GP experiments suggest it is a finite set. In the case of the golden mean, we produce explicit formulas involving weighted versions of the Rogers-Ramanujan functions for the experimental supremum and infimum of its quantum modular invariant. We then define a universal modular invariant as a continuous and single valued map of ultrasolenoids, such that 1) the classical modular invariant is a quotient of its restriction to a subsolenoid fibering over the classical moduli space of elliptic curves and 2) the quantum modular invariant is a quotient of its restriction to a subsolenoid fibering over the moduli space of elliptic curves equipped with a Kronecker foliation.

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@article{arxiv.0909.0143,
  title  = {Modular Invariant of Quantum Tori},
  author = {C. Castaño Bernard and T. M. Gendron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.0143},
  year   = {2013}
}

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36 pages, 5 Figures

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