Determinant of Infinite Matrix
Hua Zhang, Department of Physics, BeiJing Normal
University
2004 08 12
TheMobius subalgebra can be expressed by infinite creation operators:
L0 = rc
+
r cr +
1
16
L+1 =
1
4
c1/2c1/2 +
p
r(r + 1)c+r cr+1
L−1 =
1
4
c+1/2c
+
1/2 +
p
r(r + 1)c+r+1cr
where the index run all through the positive half integer and c+ are
creation operator:
[cr,c
+
s ] = δr,s
Their commutation relation is
[L+1, L−1] = 2L0, [L0, L+1] = −L−1, [L0, L−1] = L+1
where the vacuum state is:
L+1 | 0 >= 0, L0 | 0 >= 1
16
| 0 >
We have the following identity:
exp[µL+1] exp[λL−1] = exp[
λ
1− λµL−1] exp[−2 ln(1−λµ)L0] exp[
µ
1− λµL+1]
and
exp[λ(
1
4
c+1/2c
+
1/2+
p
r(r + 1)c+r+1cr)] exp[−λ
p
r(r + 1)c+r+1cr] = exp[
1
2
c+P (λ)c+]
where the recurrence relation is:
∂Pr,s
∂λ
=
p
r(r − 1)Pr−1,s +
p
s(s− 1)Pr,s−1
The solution is
Pr,s(λ) =
√
rs
r + s
(r − 1)r−1/2
(r − 1/2)r−1/2
(r − 1)r−1/2
(r − 1/2)r−1/2λ
r+s, r, s =
1
2
,
3
2
..
where
(α)k = α(α− 1)...(α− k + 1), (α)0 = 1
and the first entry is
P1/2,1/2 =
1
2
λ, P3/2,1/2 =
√
3
8
λ2, P3/2,3/2 =
1
8
λ3
1
when acting on the vacuum state, we have
exp[λL−1] | 0 >= exp[1
2
c+P (λ)c+] | 0 >
We also have the following operator identity:
exp[
1
2
cQc] exp[
1
2
c+Pc+]
= exp[−1
2
Tr ln[1− PQ]]
exp[
1
2
c+
P
1− PQc
+] exp[−c+ ln[1− PQ]c] exp[1
2
c
Q
1− PQc]
where the infinite matrix P and Q are symmetric and commutative:
P = PT ,Q = QT , PQ = QP
We define a function T with respect P and Q as:
T (P,Q) =< 0 | exp[1
2
cQc] exp[
1
2
c+Pc+] | 0 >= det[1− PQ]−1/2
By the above operator identity, we also have:
T (P,Q) =< 0 | exp[λL+1] exp[λL−1] | 0 >= (1− µλ)−1/8
Comparing the above equation, we get:
det[1− P (µ)P (λ)] = (1− µλ)1/4
1. Appendix
1. We have the following algebras:
[L+1, L−1] = 2aL0, [L0, L+1] = −bL+1, [L0, L−1] = bL−1
We assume that:
R(µ,λ) = exp[µL+1] exp[λL−1] = exp[fL−1] exp[hL0] exp[gL+1]
Differentiae on both sides of this equation, we have
∂R
∂λ
= RL−1 =
∂f
∂λ
L−1R+RL+1
∂g
∂λ
+
∂h
∂λ
exp[fL−1] exp[hL0]L0 exp[gL+1]
∂R
∂µ
= L+1R =
∂f
∂µ
L−1R+RL+1
∂g
∂µ
+
∂h
∂µ
exp[fL−1] exp[hL0]L0 exp[gL+1]
By the operator methods, we have
exp[gL+1]L−1 = L−1 exp[gL+1]+2agL0 exp[gL+1]+abg2L+1 exp[gL+1]
L+1 exp[fL−1] = exp[fL−1]L+1+2af exp[fL−1]L0+abf2L−1 exp[fL−1]
2
exp[hL0]L−1 = exp[bh]L−1 exp[hL0]
L+1 exp[hL0] = exp[bh] exp[hL0]L+1
So we have the following equation:
∂f
∂λ
= exp[bh],
∂g
∂λ
= abg2,
∂h
∂λ
= 2ag
∂f
∂µ
= abf2,
∂g
∂µ
= exp[bh],
∂h
∂µ
= 2af
The solution is
h = −2
b
ln(1− abµλ), f = λ
1− abµλ , g =
µ
1− abµλ
4.We assume that:
exp[
1
2
cAc] exp[
1
2
c+Bc+]
= exp[K] exp[
1
2
c+Fc+] exp[c+Hc][
1
2
cGc]
where A and B are symmetric matrix.
Comparing the variation on both side of this equation, we get:
δF = FδAF + δB exp[2H]
δG = δA exp[2H] +GδBG
δH = FδA+GδB
δK = Tr[FδA+GδB]
The solution is
F =
B
1−AB ,G =
A
1−AB ,H = − ln[1−AB],K = −Tr ln[1−AB]
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