Cone Vertex Algebras, Mock Theta Functions, and Umbral Moonshine Modules

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Publication date 09-2025
Journal Communications in Mathematical Physics
Article number 210
Volume | Issue number 406 | 9
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract We describe a family of indefinite theta functions of signature (1, 1) that can be expressed in terms of trace functions of vertex algebras built from cones in lattices. The family of indefinite theta functions considered has interesting connections with mock theta functions and Appell–Lerch sums. We use these relations to write the McKay–Thompson series of umbral moonshine at lambency ℓ = 8,12,16 in terms of trace functions of vertex algebras modules, and thereby provide the modules for these instances of umbral moonshine.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-025-05376-5
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