The character of the infinite wedge representation (Q1971622): Difference between revisions

The wedge representations of certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras have been introduced by \textit{V. G. Kac} and \textit{D. H. Peterson} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 3308-3312 (1981; Zbl 0469.22016)]. The authors of this paper study the multi-variable character associated with the wedge representation of the Lie algebra of differential operators on the circle. They prove that such a character is quasimodular of weight 0. The elliptic transformation formula for the character is given. Moreover, they compute certain generating functions for traces of differential operators in terms of genus 1 theta functions and their derivative.