2009/09/01 by C. Castaño Bernard, Bernard, C. Castaño, T. M. Gendron +1 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Identities #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0909.0143
The quantum modular invariant of a real number is defined as a discontinuous, PGL(2,Z)-invariant multi-valued map using the distance-to-the-nearest-integer function. On the rationals, the quantum modular invariant is shown to be infinity and for quadratic irrationalities PARI/GP experiments suggest it is a finite set. In the case of the golden mean, we produce explicit formulas involving weighted versions of the Rogers-Ramanujan functions for the experimental supremum and infimum of its quantum modular invariant. We then define a universal modular invariant as a continuous and single valued map of ultrasolenoids, such that 1) the classical modular invariant is a quotient of its restriction to a subsolenoid fibering over the classical moduli space of elliptic curves and 2) the quantum modular invariant is a quotient of its restriction to a subsolenoid fibering over the moduli space of elliptic curves equipped with a Kronecker foliation.