Vertex operator algebras with group action

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In 1997 a subalgebra having order three symmetry of a vertex operator algebra associated with a rank two root lattice of type A was discovered and its properties were studied. In particular its automorphism group was determined and its simple modules were classified. The results were written in a joint paper Ternary codes and vertex operator algebras. Relations between this vertex operator algebra and the Monster module still remain to be studied. Moreover, Borwein type identity was studied from a point of view of vertex operator algebra. The results were written in a joint paper Borwein identity and vertex opertor algebras.In 1998 all highest weight vectors with weight at most two of a vertex operator algebra associated with a root lattice of type A were classified. Highest weight vectors are important, because once they are known then a vertex operator algebra can be decomposed into a direct sum of simple modules for a tensor product of Virasoro vertex operator algebras. Although not all highest weight vectors are known, much information about the structure of the vertex operator algebra can be obtained from highest weight vectors with weight at most two. For example, a vertex operator algebra having a symmetry of order 4 was constructed by using these highest weight vectors. Recently all highest weight vectors were classified in the case of rank three root lattice of type A.In order to generalize this result to a root lattice of arbitrary rank, a new idea would be required.