Unitary representations of the group of diffeomorphisms via restricted product measures with infinite mass. II (Q409068)

Summary: This paper concerns the problem of irreducibly decomposing unitary representations of the group \(\text{Diff}_0(M)\) of diffeomorphisms with compact support on the smooth manifold \(M\). As was shown in [\textit{H. Shimomura}, Math. Z. 251, No. 3, 575--587 (2005; Zbl 1087.58006)], these representations are decomposable under a fairly mild condition. In this paper, we consider a specific example of unitary representations \((T,\text{Diff}_0(M))\) that has been considered by \textit{T. Hirai} [J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 33, No. 3, 827--864 (1993; Zbl 0813.58006)]. \((T,\text{Diff}_0(M))\) is already a factor representation of type \(\text{II}_\infty\); in addition, it may be decomposed into irreducible components through the left regular representatation of the group \({\mathfrak{S}}_\infty\) of the finite permutations. We describe the concrete realization of these irreducible components. The results obtained herein have some resemblance to the finite-dimensional case of \textit{A. M. Vershik}, \textit{I. M. Gel'fand} and \textit{M. I. Graev} [Russ. Math. Surv. 30, No. 6, 1--50 (1975); translation from Usp. Mat. Nauk 30, No. 6 (186), 3--50 (1975; Zbl 0317.58009)] with the exception of the factor representatation. In addition, we give another proofs of the irreducibility and equivalence that were obtained by [Hirai, loc. cit.]. For Part I see [in: Infinite dimensional harmonic analysis III. Proceedings of the 3rd German-Japanese symposium, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, September 15--20, 2003. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific. 289--311 (2005; Zbl 1117.22011)].