Quantum cohomology and the periodic Toda lattice (Q5940443)

The relation of the quantum cohomology of the full flag manifold of \(SU_n\) to an integrable system -- the open one-dimensional Toda lattice -- was established by [\textit{A. Givental}, \textit{B. Kim}, Commun. Math. Phys. 168, 609-641 (1995; Zbl 0828.55004)]. Following the calculational framework by [\textit{I. Ciocan-Fontanine}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 6, 263-277 (1995; Zbl 0847.14011)] the authors describe a relation between the periodic one-dimensional Toda lattice and the quantum cohomology of the periodic flag manifold which is an infinite dimensional Kähler manifold. They derive, based on the existence of a certain Gromov-Witten invariant, an explicite formula -- the ``differential operator formula'' for the quantum products -- applied successively to the finite-dimensional and to the infinite-dimensional situations.