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.

Review text

For loop groups of reductive Lie groups and their Lie algebras, their nontrivial second cohomology classes give rise to their central extensions, which was proved to be very important in representation theory of loop groups and algebras. Loop groups embed into the group \(\mathrm{GL}_\infty\) of continuous automorphisms of \(\mathbb{C}((t))\), and their nontrivial second cohomology classes come from that of \(\mathrm{GL}_\infty\). The paper first gives a review of the central extensions of \(\mathrm{GL}_\infty\) and \(\mathfrak{gl}_\infty\) from different points of view -- the homological and geometric constructions, and describes a natural representation on a Fock module over an infinite-dimensional Clifford algebra. Then the authors consider the analog for double loop groups, which can be embedded into \(\mathrm{GL}_{\infty,\infty}\). Different from the case of \(\mathfrak{gl}_\infty\), the second cohomology of \(\mathfrak{gl}_{\infty,\infty}\) vanishes and the first nontrivial cohomology class occurs in the third cohomology, which, as the authors state, can be interpreted by the gerbal representations, i.e., the group actions on categories. The authors construct a gerbal representation of \(\mathrm{GL}_{\infty,\infty}\) on a category of modules over a Clifford algebra, discuss the relevant cohomology groups and show that there exists a particular nonzero cohomology class in the third cohomology corresponding to the gerbal representation.

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