Polynomial ring representations of endomorphisms of exterior powers (Q2075483)

Let \(B_r\) be the polynomial ring with \(r\) variables over the rational field \(\mathbb Q\). A \(\mathbb Q\)-basis for \(B_r\) can be given in terms of polynomials called Schur determinants \(S_\lambda\), where \(\lambda\) is a partition of length at most \(r\), and \(S_\lambda\) is the quotient of the determinant of a matrix whose rows are given by powers of the variables defined by \(\lambda\), divided by the corresponding Vandermonde determinant on the variables. This basis determines an isomorphism of \(B_r\) with the \(r\)-th exterior algebra of a vector space \(V=\bigoplus_{i\geq 0} \mathbb Q\cdot b_i\) of infinite countable dimension. Thus, one obtains via contraction, for all \(k\), an action on the polynomial ring \(B_r\) of the Lie algebra \(gl(\bigwedge^k V)\) of finite endomorphisms of \(\bigwedge^k V\). The main results of the paper under review provides an expression of the \(gl(\bigwedge^k V)\)-action on \(B_r\) through a compact formula. The authors determine the formula in terms of certain operators \(\Gamma\) on \(\bigwedge V\). These operators \(\Gamma\) are an approximate version of the vertex operators occurring in the bosonic vertex representation of the Lie algebra of all matrices of infinite size.