Geometry of infinite dimensional Grassmannians and the Mickelsson-Rajeev cocycle (Q962053)

In the paper under review the author studies the geometry of the determinant line bundle \(\text{Det}_2\) over the infinite dimensional Grassmannian \(\text{Gr}_2\) introduced by \textit{J. Mickelsson} and \textit{S. G. Rajeev} in [Commun. Math. Phys. 116, No.~3, 365--400 (1988; Zbl 0648.22013)]. The author constructs explicitly a connection on \(\text{Det}_2\) and gives an explicit simple formula for its curvature \(2\)-form. As a consequence the author gives a simple and explicit formula for a de Rham representative of the first Chern class of \(\text{Gr}_2\). Furthermore, the author also presents a geometric derivation of the Mickelsson-Rajeev cocycle (the expression obtained by the author does not agree with the original cocycle, but an explicit formula for a coboundary relating the two cocycles is given).