De Rham-Hodge-Kodaira operator on loop groups (Q1368852)

For a compact Lie group \(G\) with unit \(e\) denote by \(L_e(G)\) the corresponding based loop group supplied with its pinned Wiener measure. The authors investigate the de Rham-Hodge-Kodaira operator on differential \(n\)-forms over \(L_e(G)\) by a general method based on the quasi-invariance of the Wiener measure. The method allows one to apply integration by parts which simplifies calculations. The Ricci curvature is calculated and a sort of Bochner-Weitzenböck formula is established.