Verlinde algebra
Algebra used in certain conformal field theories / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In mathematics, a Verlinde algebra is a finite-dimensional associative algebra introduced by Erik Verlinde (1988), with a basis of elements φλ corresponding to primary fields of a rational two-dimensional conformal field theory, whose structure constants Nν
λμ describe fusion of primary fields.