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Theta blocks related to root systems

Number Theory 2021-12-24 v3

Abstract

Gritsenko, Skoruppa and Zagier associated to a root system RR a theta block ϑR\vartheta_R, which is a Jacobi form of lattice index. We classify the theta blocks ϑR\vartheta_R of qq-order 11 and show that their Gritsenko lift is a strongly-reflective Borcherds product of singular weight, which is related to Conway's group Co0\operatorname{Co}_0. As a corollary we obtain a proof of the theta block conjecture by Gritsenko, Poor and Yuen for the pure theta blocks obtained as specializations of the functions ϑR\vartheta_R.

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@article{arxiv.2006.12967,
  title  = {Theta blocks related to root systems},
  author = {Moritz Dittmann and Haowu Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.12967},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Final version, published in Math. Ann.; updated acknowledgement

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