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The algebraic structure of relative twisted vertex operators

q-alg 2008-02-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Twisted vertex operators based on rational lattices have had many applications in vertex operator algebra theory and conformal field theory. In this paper, ``relativized'' twisted vertex operators are constructed in a general context based on isometries of rational lattices, and a generalized twisted Jacobi identity is established for them. This result generalizes many previous results. Relatived untwisted vertex operators had been studied in a monograph by the authors. The present paper includes as a special case the proof of the main relations among twisted vertex operators based on even lattices announced some time ago by the second author.

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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9604022,
  title  = {The algebraic structure of relative twisted vertex operators},
  author = {Chongying Dong and James Lepowsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9604022},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Latex, 38 pages, to appear in J. Pure & Applied Algebra

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