2020/08/14 by Rahmati, Mohammad Reza, Flores, Gerardo
#FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Representation Theory (math.RT)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2008.07287
We present an extension of the trace of a vertex operator and explain a representation-theoretic interpretation of the trace. Specifically, we consider a twist of the vertex operator with infinitely many Casimir operators and compute its trace as a character formula. To do this, we define the Fock space of infinite level \mathfrakF∞. Then, we prove a duality between \mathfrakgl∞ and \mathfraka∞=\widehat\mathfrakgl∞ of Howe type, which provides a decomposition of \mathfrakF∞ into irreducible representations with joint highest weight vector for \mathfrakgl∞ and \mathfraka∞. The decomposition of the Fock space \mathfrakF∞ into highest weight representations provides a method to calculate and interpret the extended trace.