A character formula for representations of loop groups based on non-simply connected Lie groups (Q1762708): Difference between revisions

Let \(G\) be a not simply connected group and \(L(G)\) be the loop group consisting of connected components. Let \(\widehat{L(C)}\) denote a central extension and \(\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}^*\) be a finite covering of \(\mathbb{C}^*\) acting on \(\widehat{L(G)}\) covering the natural action of the \(\mathbb{C}^*\)-action on \(L(G)\). The goal of this paper is to give an explicit formula for the character \(\chi_V\) restricted to the connected components of \(\widehat{L(G)}\rtimes\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}^*\) which do not contain the identity element. This gives a generalization of the Kac-Weyl character formula.