Reconstruction of Modular Data from SL 2(Z) Representations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2023
Abstract
Modular data is a significant invariant of a modular tensor category. We pursue an approach to the classification of modular data of modular tensor categories by building the modular S and T matrices directly from irreducible representations of SL 2(Z/ nZ) . We discover and collect many conditions on the SL 2(Z/ nZ) representations to identify those that correspond to some modular data. To arrive at concrete matrices from representations, we also develop methods that allow us to select the proper basis of the SL 2(Z/ nZ) representations so that they have the form of modular data. We apply this technique to the classification of rank-6 modular tensor categories, obtaining a classification of modular data, up to Galois conjugation and changing spherical structure. Most of the calculations can be automated using a computer algebraic system, which can be employed to classify modular data of higher rank modular tensor categories. Our classification employs a hybrid of automated computational methods and by-hand calculations.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Communications in Mathematical Physics
First Page
2465
Last Page
2545
Recommended Citation
Ng, S., Rowell, E., Wang, Z., & Wen, X. (2023). Reconstruction of Modular Data from SL 2(Z) Representations. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 402 (3), 2465-2545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-023-04775-w