Special Issue on Recent Advances in Vertex Operator Algebras in honor of James Lepowsky's 80th birthday

The Guest Editors for this special issue are

Shashank Kanade (University of Denver, USA)
Antun Milas (University at Albany, USA)

This special issue is dedicated to James Lepowsky's 80th birthday to honor his seminal contributions to the representation theory of affine Lie algebras and vertex operator algebras, Rogers–Ramanujan-type identitites, monstrous moonshine, and tensor categories.

List of topics

• representation theory of affine Lie algebras and vertex operator algebras;
• Rogers–Ramanujan-type identities and $q$-series in representation theory;
• number theory related to vertex operator algebras, including moonshine;
• tensor categories for vertex operator algebras;
• mathematical aspects of conformal field theory.

There is no limit to the length of an article. Deadline for paper submission is June 30, 2025.

How to Submit an Article to the Issue.

All articles will go through the standard peer reviewing procedure of SIGMA.

If you have your paper ready earlier than the deadline, we encourage you to send it now. The reviewing process starts once the paper is submitted and we will publish the paper as soon as the positive publication decision is made. The paper will be indexed in the relevant databases as soon as it is published without waiting for completion of the special issue.