Conformal blocks in the tensor product of vector representations and localization formulas

Rimányi, R.; Varchenko, A.

Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Série 6, Tome 20 (2011) no. 1, pp. 71-97.

Using equivariant localization formulas we give a formula for conformal blocks at level one on the sphere as suitable polynomials.

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