Adamović–Wang duality conjecture for affine and Virasoro vertex algebras

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Let q2q\geq 2 with 3q3\nmid q, and define the generalized vertex operator algebras

A(q)=L2+q(sl2)L2+q(μq2,0),A^{(q)}=L_{-2+q}(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\oplus L_{-2+q}(\mu_{q-2,0}), B(q)=LVir(cq,3,0)LVir(cq,3,hq1,1q,3).B^{(q)}=L_\mathrm{Vir}(c_{q,3},0)\oplus L_\mathrm{Vir}(c_{q,3},h_{q-1,1}^{q,3}).

Duality means that each simple vertex (super)algebra can be equipped with a module structure over the other, isomorphic to the other algebra, with each algebra realized as a subalgebra of the vertex algebra of local fields acting on modules over the other. Adamović–Wang duality conjecture. The vertex operator algebras L2+q(sl2)L_{-2+q}(\mathfrak{sl}_2) and LVir(cq,3,0)L_\mathrm{Vir}(c_{q,3},0) are dual in this sense; similarly, A(q)A^{(q)} and B(q)B^{(q)} are dual. In particular, L2+q(sl2)L_{-2+q}(\mathfrak{sl}_2) can be equipped with the structure of an irreducible LVir(cq,3,0)L_\mathrm{Vir}(c_{q,3},0)-module isomorphic to LVir(cq,3,0)L_\mathrm{Vir}(c_{q,3},0), and vice versa. The case q=4q=4 is established in the paper, while the extension to general qq is posed as a possibility and remains open.

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Dražen Adamović and Sven Möller, “Character Identities Between Affine and Virasoro Vertex Operator Algebra Modules”, arXiv:2511.20121 (2026).

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