Study modular forms over Γ^0(2) and anomaly cancellation formulas.
problem Anomaly cancellation formulas for modular forms over Γ^0(2).
method Study and analysis of modular forms over Γ^0(2).
result Anomaly cancellation formulas derived for modular forms over Γ^0(2).
New modular forms for anomaly cancellation formulas on any dimensional manifolds.
problem Constructing new modular forms for anomaly cancellation formulas.
method Using E8 bundles, constructing modular forms on any dimensional manifolds. result Derived new anomaly cancellation formulas and applications.
The paper introduces elliptic quasi-modular forms via moduli spaces.
problem Developing a theory of elliptic quasi-modular forms.
method Using moduli spaces and the Gauss-Manin connection.
result Presented a succinct theory of elliptic quasi-modular forms.
Constructs modular forms and proves divisibility results for odd-dimensional manifolds.
problem Constructing modular forms over specific groups and proving divisibility results.
method SL(2, Z) modular forms and Witten genus in odd dimensions.
result Obtained divisibility results of index of Toeplitz operators on spin and spin^c manifolds.
New formulas derived for anomaly cancellation using modular forms and E8 bundles.
problem Anomaly cancellation in odd dimensions.
method Systematic twisting and generalization of SL(2,Z) modular forms to define new forms associated with E8 and E8*E8 bundles.
result Derivation of a new series of anomaly cancellation formulas.
New formulas derived from modular forms for manifold indices.
problem Calculating indices of twisted Dirac operators on manifolds.
method SL(2, Z) modular forms and Γ^0(2), Γ_0(2) forms.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas for spin and spin^c manifolds.
A new method integrates forms on Riemann surfaces, leading to modular forms.
problem Integrating differential forms with poles on Riemann surfaces.
method Simple procedure to integrate differential forms with arbitrary holomorphic poles, establishing an analytic theory for integrals over configuration spaces.
result Regularized graph integrals on elliptic curves are almost-holomorphic modular forms.
We find and propose an explanation for a large variety of modularity-related symmetries in problems of 3-manifold topology and physics of 3d N=2 theories where such structures a priori are not manifest. These modular structures include: mock modular forms, SL(2,Z) Weil representations, quantum mo…
We introduce a method in differential geometry to study the derivative operators of Siegel modular forms. By determining the coefficients of the invariant Levi-Civita connection on a Siegel upper half plane, and further by calculating the expressions of the differential forms under this connection, we get a non-holomor…
The paper defines new modular forms from almost complex manifolds and derives anomaly cancellation formulas.
problem Anomaly cancellation in almost complex manifolds.
method Defined a generalized elliptic genus and derived SL(2,Z) modular forms.
result Derived anomaly cancellation formulas and divisibility results for holomorphic Euler characteristic.
New anomaly formulas derived from E8 bundles.
problem Anomaly cancellation in characteristic forms.
method Constructing modular forms over specific groups using E8 bundles. result Derived new anomaly cancellation formulas.
SL(2,Z) forms lead to new anomaly formulas.
problem Anomaly cancellation in physics.
method SL(2,Z) modular forms.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas derived.
Abstract: Generalizes modular forms to family case and finds new anomaly cancellation formulas.
problem Finding anomaly cancellation formulas for determinant line bundles and index gerbes.
method Family index theory applied to SL(2,Z) modular forms. result Obtains new anomaly cancellation formulas for determinant line bundles and index gerbes.
New anomaly cancellation formulas for E8*E8*E8 gauge group.
problem Anomaly cancellation for E8*E8*E8 gauge group.
method Constructed modular forms over SL2(Z) to get new anomaly cancellation formulas.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas for characteristic forms.
Holomorphic quantum modular forms linked to knot volumes.
problem Understanding algebraic properties of quantum modular forms.
method Analyzing descendant state integrals for specific knots.
result Illustrated algebraic properties for the (-2,3,7)-pretzel knot.
Fuchsian groups with a modular embedding have the richest arithmetic properties among non-arithmetic Fuchsian groups. But they are very rare, all known examples being related either to triangle groups or to Teichmueller curves. In Part I of this paper we study the arithmetic properties of the modular embedding and deve…
The abstract discusses fiber sum formulas for 4-manifolds using topological modular forms.
problem Understanding fiber sum formulas for 4-manifolds.
method Using the connection between 4-manifolds and topological modular forms from 6d (1,0) SCFTs.
result Even free theories exhibit nontrivial fiber sum formulas, sensitive to individual theories and parameters.
Study linking numbers in hyperbolic 3-folds, linking to Siegel modular forms.
problem Linking numbers between geodesics in arithmetic hyperbolic 3-folds.
method Analyzing integral of Kudla--Millson theta series over Seifert surfaces.
result Series converges to genus 2 Siegel modular forms of weight 2.
Quantum modularity proved for SU(2) TQFT signature on genus 2 surfaces.
problem Proving quantum modularity of SU(2) TQFT signature for genus 2 surfaces.
method Using quantum modularity of generalized Dedekind sums associated with modular forms and trigonometric sum expressions.
result Quantum modularity of SU(2) TQFT signature on genus 2 surfaces proved.
In this paper, we study modularity of several functions which naturally arose in a recent paper of Lau and Zhou on open Gromov-Witten potentials of elliptic orbifolds. They derived a number of examples of indefinite theta functions, and we provide modular completions for several such functions which involve more compli…
New elliptic genera defined for spin manifolds.
problem Defining new elliptic genera for spin manifolds.
method Defined new two-variable elliptic genera using Jacobi forms and modular forms.
result Anomaly cancellation formulas derived from modular forms.
Note on new cancellation formulas for manifolds.
problem Generalizing anomaly cancellation formulas to manifolds.
method Proving new (a, b) type cancellation formulas and using transgression.
result Obtained characteristic forms with modularity properties.
We examine the relationship between nonabelian Hodge theory for Riemann surfaces and the theory of vector valued modular forms. In particular, we explain how one might use this relationship to prove a conjectural three-term inequality on the weights of free bases of vector valued modular forms associated to complex, fi…
By studying modular invariance properties of some characteristic forms, we prove some new anomaly cancellation formulas which generalize the Han-Zhang and Han-Liu-Zhang anomaly cancellation formulas
Study Alexander polynomials of modular knots, revealing finite and infinite coefficient properties.
problem Investigate Alexander polynomials of modular knots.
method Use Burau representation and geometric SL2(Z)-invariants. result Alexander polynomials of modular knots have both finite and infinite coefficient properties.
Proves modular functors for SO(3) have integral Hodge structures.
problem Proving modular functors have integral Hodge structures.
method Based on homological models and geometric identification.
result Geometric construction of Hodge structures on SO(3) modular functors.
We show that the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer reduced η-invariant of the twisted Dirac operator on a closed 4m−1 dimensional spin manifold, with the twisted bundle being the Witten bundle appearing in the theory of elliptic genus, is a meromorphic modular form of weight 2m up to an integral q-series. We prove this resu…
Origami structures are enumerated and shown to be quantum modular.
problem Counting and understanding origami structures with real structures.
method Using combinatorics of zonal polynomials and Schur polynomials, and relating to quantum modular forms and double Hurwitz numbers.
result The generating functions of certain origami structures are quantum modular forms.
New anomaly formulas from E8 bundles.
problem Anomaly cancellation in characteristic forms.
method Constructing modular forms using E8 bundles.
result New anomaly cancellation formulas.
Researchers clarify modular group representations and vertex operator algebras for 3d invariants.
problem Understanding the full set of 3d invariants and their modular properties.
method Introducing supersymmetric defects and constructing cone vertex operator algebras.
result The full vector-valued quantum modular form for \(\widetilde{
m SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\) captures all \(\hat Z\)-invariants of a given three-manifold.
New proof of four squares theorem using projective geometry.
problem Proving every natural number is a sum of four squares.
method Projective differential geometry and modular forms.
result A new geometric approach to Lagrange's theorem.
Defines new two-variable elliptic genera for manifolds and derives modular forms.
problem Develops new elliptic genera for manifolds.
method Introduces and defines new two-variable elliptic genera for manifolds and derives their properties.
result Derives modular forms from the elliptic genera.
Quantum modularity proven for specific theta series.
problem Proving quantum modularity for partial theta series with periodic coefficients.
method Explicit proof using Kontsevich-Zagier series and colored Jones polynomials.
result Kontsevich-Zagier series is a weight 3/2 quantum modular form.
Infinite families of quantum modular invariants for 3-manifolds are discovered.
problem Quantum modular forms and invariants of 3-manifolds.
method Lattice cohomology and BPS q-series of 3-manifolds, recently developed theory by AJK. result First calculation of AJK series for an infinite family of 3-manifolds.
Formula counts all fullerenes with given vertices.
problem Counting all fullerenes with a given number of vertices.
method Used modular forms to derive an exact formula.
result Exact formula for the number of oriented fullerenes.
Following our result on rationality of the spectral action for Bianchi type-IX cosmological models, which suggests the existence of a rich arithmetic structure in the action, we study the arithmetic and modular properties of the action for an especially interesting family of metrics, namely SU(2)-invariant Bianchi IX…
Study on TQFT signatures converging to modular form.
problem Analyzing the signature of SU2-TQFT vector spaces.
method Proving convergence and using modular forms.
result Signature function converges to a modular form.
This paper proves a conjecture linking quantum modular forms and WRT invariants for specific graphs.
problem Proving a conjecture about quantum modular forms and WRT invariants for unimodular H-graphs.
method Constructed finite sums of rational functions, studied weighted Gauss sums, and combined results to prove the conjecture.
result WRT invariants of H-graphs yield quantum modular forms of depth two and weight one.
It has been shown that the Alvarez-Gaumeˊ-Witten miraculous anomaly cancellation formula in type IIB superstring theory and its various generalizations can be derived from modularity of certain characteristic forms. In this paper, we show that the Green-Schwarz formula and the Schwarz-Witten formula i…
Paper constructs new identities linking quantum invariants and modular forms.
problem Connecting quantum invariants with modular forms.
method Bailey pairs, Eichler integrals, and novel relations between sums.
result Infinite families of identities linking q-multisums and Eichler integrals.
We consider an asymptotic expansion of Kashaev's invariant or the colored Jones function for the torus link T(2,2m). We shall give q-series identity related to these invariants, and show that the invariant is regarded as a limit of q being N-th root of unity of the Eichler integral of the modular form of weight 3/2.
Zagier's conjecture on knot invariants is proven for irrationals, with applications to quantum modular forms.
problem Proving the continuity of a function related to the figure-eight knot's colored Jones polynomial at irrationals.
method Analyzing the asymptotic behavior of the colored Jones polynomial and using properties of continued fractions.
result The continuity conjecture for the function h(x) holds almost everywhere on the real line, and a smooth approximation is established. This paper extends foliation concepts to singular foliations using Lie ∞-algebroids.
problem Cohomological obstruction to volume forms in singular foliations.
method Replacing singular foliations with universal Lie ∞-algebroids to define modular class. result Geometric meaning of modular class as an obstruction to universal Lie ∞-algebroids. In this paper, by combining modularity of the Witten genus and the modular forms constructed by Liu and Wang, we establish mod 3 congruence properties of certain twisted signatures of 24 dimensional string manifolds.
We build a connection between topology of smooth 4-manifolds and the theory of topological modular forms by considering topologically twisted compactification of 6d (1,0) theories on 4-manifolds with flavor symmetry backgrounds. The effective 2d theory has (0,1) supersymmetry and, possibly, a residual flavor symmetry. …
Holomorphic functions from knot complements link to quantum modular forms.
problem Analyzing holomorphic functions from knot complements.
method Matrix-valued holomorphic functions, cocycles, and quantum modularity.
result Identifies a matrix-valued holomorphic quantum modular form.
New cubic forms linked to η-invariants and mod 2 indices.
problem Anomaly cancellation and modularity in 12-manifolds.
method Combination of Witten classes and affine E8 character. result Relates cubic forms to η-invariants and mod 2 indices.
New methods detect modular structure in neural networks, revealing surprising effects of dropout.
problem Detecting functional modules in neural networks for learning, compositionality, and generalization.
method Two families of methods: upstream and downstream, to define similarity between units.
result Dropout dramatically increased modularity, and there's little agreement between upstream and downstream methods.