Quasiclassical limit of KP hierarchy, \(W\)-symmetries, and free fermions (Q1303366)

The dispersionless KP hierarchy from the point of view of quasi-classical limit is investigated. Its Lax formalism, W-infinity symmetries and general solutions are shown to be reproduced from their counterparts in the KP hierarchy in the limit of \(\hbar \to 0\). Free fermions and bosonized vertex operators play a key role in the description of W-infinity symmetries and general solutions, which is technically very similar to a recent free fermion formalism of \(c=1\) matrix models.