Space of linear differential operators on the real line as a module over the Lie algebra of vector fields

Abstract: Let

{c a l D}^{k}

be the space of

k

-th order linear differential operators on

:

A = a_{k} (x) f r a c d^{k} d x^{k} + c d o t s + a_{0} (x)

. We study a natural 1-parameter family of

- (and

)-modules on

{c a l D}^{k}

. (To define this family, one considers arguments of differential operators as tensor-densities of degree

l a m b d a

.) In this paper we solve the problem of isomorphism between

-module structures on

{c a l D}^{k}

corresponding to different values of

l a m b d a

. The result is as follows: for

k = 3

-module structures on

{c a l D}^{3}

are isomorphic to each other for every values of

l a m b d a o t = 0,; 1,; 1 o v e r 2,; 1 o v e r 2 p m f r a c s q r t 21 6

, in this case there exists a unique (up to a constant) intertwining operator

T : {c a l D}^{3} o {c a l D}^{3}

. In the higher order case

(k g e q 4)

-module structures on

{c a l D}^{k}

corresponding to two different values of the degree:

l a m b d a

and

l a m b d a^{p r i m e}

, are isomorphic if and only if

l a m b d a + l a m b d a^{p r i m e} = 1

.

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