Vertex algebras and moduli of Higgs bundles II

Seminar: 
Algebra and Geometry lecture series
Event time: 
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 3:00pm
Speaker: 
Sam DeHority
Speaker affiliation: 
Yale University
Event description: 

This a continuation of the lecture of last week.

In the second lecture, we explain how characters of these vertex algebras often satisfy (quasi-)modular linear differential equations, with logarithmic terms in characters related to extensions of vertex algebra modules.