Automorphisms of the extended affine root system and modular property for the flat theta invariants (Q1895299)

Let \(R\) be an extended affine root system introduced by \textit{K. Saito} [same journal 21, 75-179 (1985; Zbl 0573.17012) and 26, 15-78 (1990; Zbl 0713.17014)]\ and let \(\Aut^+ (R)\) be the automorphism group of \(R\). In this paper, the author constructs the central extension \(\widetilde {\Aut^+} (R)\) of \(\Aut^+ (R)\) by using ``holomorphic metric''. He gives the action of \(\widetilde {\Aut^+} (R)\) on certain \(\widetilde {W}_R\) (= an ``extended affine Weyl group'' associated with \(R\))- invariants, which are specified to be the flat theta invariants (= the theta functions). Then this explains why the modular group \(\text{SL}_2 (\mathbb{R})\) acts on the \(\widetilde {W}_R\)-invariants, and gives the desired framework of the intrinsic and universal theory of the group which acts on \(\widetilde {W}_R\)-invariants. The author gives some modular properties for these theta functions.