Speaker: Chen Ling

Time: Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 13:45 to 14:45

Place: Room 78201

Abstract: The representations of a vertex operator algebra and its related intertwining operators form a natural algebraic structure called intertwining operator algebra. Intertwining operator algebras are multivalued generalizations of vertex operator algebras. They were first defined using the convergence property, associativity and skew-symmetry as the main axioms. In this talk, I will introduce the notion of intertwining operator algebra, and discuss the connections between the duality properties and the Jacobi identity for intertwining operator algebras.