Gerbal representations of double loop groups

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNR159MaRDI QIDQ2917605zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xinwen Zhu, Edward Frenkel

Publication date 1 October 2012

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1487, https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140919-152325076

zbMATH Keywords

double loop groupFock modulegerbal representationthird cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67)

Abstract: A crucial role in representation theory of loop groups of reductive Lie groups and their Lie algebras is played by their non-trivial second cohomology classes which give rise to their central extensions (the affine Kac-Moody groups and Lie algebras). Loop groups embed into the group GL_infty of continuous automorphisms of C((t)), and these classes come from a second cohomology class of GL_infty. In a similar way, double loop groups embed into a group of automorphisms of C((t))((s)), denoted by GL_{infty,infty}, which has a non-trivial third cohomology. In this paper we explain how to realize a third cohomology class in representation theory of a group: it naturally arises when we consider representations on categories rather than vector spaces. We call them "gerbal representations." We then construct a gerbal representation of GL_{infty,infty} (and hence of double loop groups), realizing its non-trivial third cohomology class, on a category of modules over an infinite-dimensional Clifford algebra. This is a two-dimensional analogue of the fermionic Fock representations of the ordinary loop groups.

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