Loop group

Abstract: We construct a local action of the group of rational maps from 2 to GL(n, ℂ), on local solutions of flows of the ZS-AKNS sl(n, ℂ)-hierarchy We show that the actions of simple elements (linear fractional transformations) give local Backlund transformations, and we derive a permutability formula from different factorizations of a quadratic element We prove that the action of simple elements on the vacuum may give either global smooth solutions or solutions with singularities However, the action of the subgroup of the rational maps that satisfy the U(n)-reality condition on the space of global rapidly decaying solutions of the flows in the u(n)-hierarchy is global, and the action of a simple element gives a global Backlund transformation The actions of certain elements in the rational loop group on the vacuum give rise to explicit time-periodic multisolitons (multibreathers) We show that this theory generalizes the classical Backlund theory of the sine-Gordon equation The group structures of Backlund transformations for various hierarchies are determined by their reality conditions We identify the reality conditions (the group structures) for the sl(n, ℝ), u(k,n − k), KdV, Kupershmidt-Wilson, and Gel'fand-Dikii hierarchies The actions of linear fractional transformations that satisfy a reality condition, modulo the center of the group of rational maps, give Backlund and Darboux transformations for the hierarchy defined by the reality condition Since the factorization cannot always be carried out under this reality condition, the action is again local, and Backlund transformations only generate local solutions for these hierarchies unless singular solutions are allowed © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Abstract: This is the first in a series of papers investigating the relationship between the twisted equivariant K-theory of a compact Lie group G and the “Verlinde ring” of its loop group. In this paper we set up the foundations of twisted equivariant K-groups, and more generally twisted K-theory of groupoids. We establish enough basic properties to make effective computations. We determine the twisted equivariant K-groups of a compact connected Lie group G with torsion free fundamental group. We relate this computation to the representation theory of the loop group at a level related to the twisting.

Abstract: This is the first in a series of papers investigating the relationship between the twisted equivariant K-theory of a compact Lie group G and the "Verlinde ring" of its loop group. In this paper we set up the foundations of twisted equivariant K-groups, and more generally twisted K-theory of groupoids. We establish enough basic properties to make effective computations. Using the Mayer-Vietoris spectral sequence we compute the twisted equivariant K-groups of a compact connected Lie group G with torsion free fundamental group. We relate this computation to the representation theory of the loop group at a level related to the twisting.