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Nahm's conjecture and Y-systems

Quantum Algebra 2013-10-07 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Nahm's conjecture relates qq-hypergeometric modular functions to torsion elements in the Bloch group. An interesting class of such functions can be (conjecturally) obtained from a pair (X,X)(X,X') of diagrams, each of which is either a Dynkin diagram of type ADEADE or a diagram of type TT. Using properties of Y-systems, we prove that for a matrix of the form A=C(X)C(X)1A=\mathcal{C}(X)\otimes \mathcal{C}(X')^{-1} where C(X)\mathcal{C}(X) and C(X)\mathcal{C}(X') are the corresponding Cartan matrices, every solution of the equation x=(1x)A\mathbf{x}=(1-\mathbf{x})^A gives rise to a torsion element of the Bloch group.

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@article{arxiv.1109.3667,
  title  = {Nahm's conjecture and Y-systems},
  author = {Chul-hee Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3667},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

11 pages, v4. published version, minor update (typos corrected, references added)

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