Geometrization conjecture for holomorphic conformal field theories

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Let M\overline{\mathcal{M}}_\infty be the stable moduli space of curves and let λ\lambda_\infty be its stable Hodge line bundle. For a positive integer kk, consider the space H0(M,λk)H^0(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_\infty,\lambda_\infty^{\otimes k}) of stable Teichmüller modular forms. A group-like element is an element with the multiplicative compatibility property under the relevant stable degeneration or clutching operations. A vacuum section is the stable partition-function section associated with a holomorphic vertex operator algebra.

Geometrization conjecture. If kk is a positive integer divisible by 44, every group-like element of

H0(M,λk)H^0(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_\infty,\lambda_\infty^{\otimes k})

is the vacuum section of a holomorphic vertex operator algebra.

The conjecture is motivated by the Friedan–Shenker geometrization program for two-dimensional conformal field theories. The source gives no resolution, and the terminology and precise correspondence between group-like elements and vacuum sections should be checked against the paper's definitions.

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Sebastiano Carpi and Giulio Codogni, “Vertex operator algebras, partition functions and Teichmüller modular forms”, arXiv:2605.26972 (2026).

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