The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants

We consider the factorization problem of matrix symbols relative to a closed contour, i.e., a Riemann-Hilbert problem, where the symbol depends analytically on parameters. We show how to define a function τ which is locally analytic on the space of deformations and that is expressed as a Fredholm de...

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We consider the factorization problem of matrix symbols relative to a closed contour, i.e., a Riemann-Hilbert problem, where the symbol depends analytically on parameters. We show how to define a function τ which is locally analytic on the space of deformations and that is expressed as a Fredholm determinant of an operator of ''integrable'' type in the sense of Its-Izergin-Korepin-Slavnov. The construction is not unique and the non-uniqueness highlights the fact that the tau function is really the section of a line bundle.
The author wishes to thank Oleg Lisovyy for asking a very pertinent question on the representation of the Malgrange form in terms of Fredholm determinants. Part of the thinking was done during the author’s stay at the “Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi” at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, workshop on “Asymptotic and computational aspects of complex dif ferential equations” organized by G. Filipuk, D. Guzzetti and S. Michalik. The author wishes to thank the organizers and the Institute for providing an opportunity of fruitful exchange.
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fulltext Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications SIGMA 13 (2017), 046, 12 pages The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants Marco BERTOLA †‡ † Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada E-mail: marco.bertola@concordia.ca ‡ Area of Mathematics SISSA/ISAS, Trieste, Italy E-mail: marco.bertola@sissa.it Received March 12, 2017, in final form June 17, 2017; Published online June 22, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2017.046 Abstract. We consider the factorization problem of matrix symbols relative to a closed contour, i.e., a Riemann–Hilbert problem, where the symbol depends analytically on pa- rameters. We show how to define a function τ which is locally analytic on the space of deformations and that is expressed as a Fredholm determinant of an operator of “inte- grable” type in the sense of Its–Izergin–Korepin–Slavnov. The construction is not unique and the non-uniqueness highlights the fact that the tau function is really the section of a line bundle. Key words: Malgrange form; Fredholm determinants; tau function 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35Q15; 47A53; 47A68 1 Introduction We shall consider the following prototypical matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem (RHP) on the unit circle Σ (or any smooth closed simple contour): Γ+(z; t) = Γ−(z; t)M(z; t), ∀ z ∈ Σ, Γ(∞) = 1. (1.1) Here t stands for a vector of parameters which we refer to as “deformation parameters”. The assumptions are the following; 1. The matrix M(z; t) ∈ GLn(C) is jointly analytic for z in a fixed tubular neighbour- hood N(Σ) of Σ and t in an open connected domain S, which we refer to as the “defor- mation space”. 2. The index of detM(z; t) around Σ vanishes for all t ∈ S. 3. The partial indices are generically zero, i.e., the RHP (1.1) generically admits solution. Let us remind the reader of some facts that can be extracted from [7] – There exists a matrix function Y−(z) analytic and analytically invertible in Ext(Σ)∪N(Σ) (and uniformly bounded) and similarly a matrix function Y+(z) analytic and analytically invertible in Int(Σ) ∪N(Σ) and n integers k1, . . . , kn (called partial indices) such that D(z)Y+(z) = Y−(z)M(z), z ∈ Σ, D = diag ( zk1 , . . . , zkn ) . – The RHP (1.1) is solvable if and only if all partial indices vanish, kj = 0, ∀ j = 1, . . . , n. Note that since indΣ detM = n∑ j=1 kj , the condition (2) in our assumptions is necessary for the solvability of (1.1). mailto:marco.bertola@concordia.ca mailto:marco.bertola@sissa.it https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2017.046 2 M. Bertola We shall denote by D± the interior (+) and the exterior (−) regions separated by Σ. Defi- ne H+ to be the space of functions that are in L2(Σ, |dz|) and extend to analytic functions in the interior. We will use the notation ~H+ = H+ ⊗ Cr (i.e., vector-valued such func- tions). The vectors will be thought of as row-vectors. We also introduce the Cauchy projectors C± : L2(Σ, |dz|)→ H±: C±[f ](z) = ∮ Σ f(w)dw (w − z)2iπ , z ∈ D±. It is well known [14] that the RHP (1.1) is solvable if and only if the Toeplitz operator1 TS : ~H+ → ~H+, TS [~f ] = C+[~fS], S(z; t) := M−1(z; t) is invertible, in which case the inverse is given by T−1 S [~f ] = C+ [ ~fΓ−1 − ] Γ+. Moreover the operator is Fredholm and dim ker(TS)− dim coker(TS) = indΣ detM = 0. There is no reasonable way, however, to define a “determinant” of TS as it stands. Such a function of t would desirably have the property that the RHP (1.1) is not solvable if and only if this putative determinant is zero. While this is notoriously impossible in this naive form, we now propose a proxy for the notion of determinant, in terms of a simple Fredholm determinant. The Malgrange one-form. As Malgrange explains [15] one can define a central extension on the loop group G := {M : Σ → GLn(C) : indΣ detM = 0} given by Ĝ = {(M,u) ∈ G × C×} with the group law2 (M,u) · (M̃, ũ) = ( MM̃, uũc ( M, M̃ )) , c(M, M̃) := det H+ ( TM−1T M̃−1T −1 (MM̃)−1 ) . The operator in the determinant is of the form IdH+ + (trace class) and hence the Fredholm determinant is well defined. This group law is only valid for pairs M , M̃ for which the inverse of T−1 (MM̃)−1 exists. The left-invariant Maurer–Cartan form of this central extension is then given by ( S−1δS, du u + ω̂M ) , where ω̂M := TrH+ ( T−1 S ◦ TδS − TS−1δS ) , S := M−1, and this can be written as the following integral ω̂M = ∮ Σ Tr ( Γ−1 + Γ′+M −1δM ) dz 2iπ . (1.2) Here, and below, δ denotes the exterior total differentiation in the deformation space S: δ = ∑ δtj ∂ ∂tj . 1Due to our choices of symbols, the matrix symbol of the relevant Toeplitz operator is M−1. We apologize for the inconvenience. 2We are being a bit cavalier in this description; we invite the reader to read pp. 1373–1374 in [15]. The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants 3 The Malgrange form is a logarithmic form in the sense that it has only simple poles on a co-dimension 1 analytic submanifold of the deformation space S and with positive integer Poincaré residue along it; this manifold is precisely the exceptional “divisor” (Θ) ⊂ S (the Malgrange divisor) where the RHP (1.1) becomes non solvable, i.e., where some partial indices of the Birkhoff factorization become non-zero. Closely related to (1.2) is the following one-form, which we still name after Malgrange: ωM := ∮ Σ Tr ( Γ−1 − Γ′−δMM−1 ) dz 2iπ . (1.3) It is also a logarithmic form with the same pole-divisor; indeed one verifies that ω̂M − ωM = ∮ Σ Tr ( M ′M−1δMM−1 ) dz 2iπ , which is an analytic form of the deformation parameters t ∈ S. In [2] the one-form (1.3) was posited as an object of interest for general Riemann–Hilbert problems (not necessarily on closed contours) and its exterior derivative computed (with an important correction in [3], which is however irrelevant in the present context). It was computed (but the computation can be traced back to Malgrange himself in this case) that δωM = 1 2 ∮ Σ Tr ( Ξ(z) ∧ d dz Ξ(z) ) dz 2iπ , Ξ(z; t) := δM(z; t)M(z; t)−1. (1.4) It appears from (1.4) that this two form δωM is not only closed, but also smooth on the whole of S, including the Malgrange-divisor. As such, it defines a line-bundle L over S by the usual construction: one covers S by appropriate open sets Uα where δωM = δθα; on the overlap Uα∩Uβ the form θα− θβ is also exact and one defines then the transition functions by gαβ(t) = exp ( ∫ θα − θβ ) . Then a section of this line bundle is provided by the collection of functions τα : Uα → C such that τα(t) = exp [∫ (ωM − θα) ] . Since ωM is a logarithmic form and each θα is analytic in the respective Uα, the functions τα(t) have zero of finite order precisely on the Malgrange divisor (Θ) ⊂ S (under appropriate transver- sality assumptions, the order of the zero is the dimension of KerTS). Our goal is to provide an explicit construction of the τα’s in terms of Fredholm determinants of simple operators of the Its–Izergin–Korepin–Slavnov “integrable” type [13]. Their definition is recalled in due time. 2 Construction of the Fredholm determinants The construction carried out below is not unique, and also only local in the deformation space S; this is however not only not a problem, but rather an interesting feature, as we will illustrate in the case of SL2(C). The non-uniqueness is precisely a consequence of the fact that we are trying to compute a section of the aforementioned line bundle. Preparatory step. The assumption that M(z; t) ∈ GLn can be replaced without loss of generality with M(z; t) ∈ SLn; this is so because of the assumption on the index of detM . Indeed we can solve the scalar problem y+(z) = y−(z) detM(z), y(∞) = 1 and then define a new RHP where Γ̃±(z) := Γ± diag ( y−1 ± , 1, . . . ) and hence the new matrix jump for Γ̃ is M̃(z) = diag(y−(z), 1, . . . )M(z) diag ( y−1 + (z), 1, . . . ) with det M̃ ≡ 1. For this reason, from here on we assume M ∈ SLn(C). We define an elementary matrix (for our purposes) to be a matrix of the form 1 + cEjk, with j 6= k, where Ejk denotes the (j, k)-unit matrix. 4 M. Bertola Lemma 2.1. Any matrix M ∈ SLn(C) can be written as a product of elementary matrices. The entries of the factorization are rational in the entries of M with denominators that are monomials in a suitable set of n− 1 nested minors of M . Proof. We recall that given any matrix M ∈ SLn, there is a permutation Π of the columns such that the principal minors (the determinants of the top left square submatrices) do not vanish, and hence we can write it as M = LDUΠ = M̂Π, where L, U are lower/upper triangular matrices with unit on the diagonal and D = diag(x1, . . . , xn) is a diagonal matrix (see for example [8, Vol. 1, Chapter II]). Denote q` = det [ M̂j,k ] j,k≤` the principal minors; these are the nested minors of the original matrix M alluded to in the statement. The matrices L, U are rational in the entries of M and with denominators that are monomials in the q`’s. Now, both L, U can clearly be written as products of elementary matrices whose coefficients are polynomials in the entries of L, U (respectively) and so it remains to show that we can write D as product of elementary matrices. To this end we observe the ’LULU’ identity (there is a similar ‘ULUL’ identity)[ x 0 0 1 x ] = [ 1 0 1−x x 1 ] [ 1 1 0 1 ] [ 1 0 x− 1 1 ] [ 1 − 1 x 0 1 ] . As D ∈ SLn, we can represent it in terms of product of embedded SL2 matrices using the root decomposition of SLn: D = diag ( x1, 1 x1 , 1, . . . , 1 ) diag ( 1, x2x1, 1 x1x2 , 1, . . . , 1 ) × diag ( 1, 1, x1x2x3, 1 x1x2x3 , 1, . . . , 1 ) · · · , and then embed the LULU identity for each factor. Finally, also permutation matrices can be written as product of elementary matrices embed- ding appropriately the simple identity;[ 0 −1 1 0 ] = [ 1 0 1 1 ] [ 1 −1 0 1 ] [ 1 0 1 1 ] . This concludes the proof. � Let now M(z) be an SLn matrix valued function, analytic in a tubular neighbourhood N(Σ) of Σ, and let q`(z), ` = 1, . . . , n − 1 be the nested minors alluded to in the Lemma so that they are not identically zero. Since the entries are analytic in N(Σ) we can slightly deform the contour Σ to a contour Σ̃ that avoids all zeroes of every principal minor q`(z). The resulting RHP is “equivalent” to the original in the sense that the solvability of one implies the solvability of the other. Note also that this deformation can be done in a piecewise constant way locally with respect to t ∈ S. Thus we have M(z) = F1(z) · · ·FR(z), Fν(z) = 1 + aν(z)Ejν ,kν , ν = 1, . . . , R. Corresponding to this factorization we can define an equivalent RHP with jumps on R con- tours Σ1, . . . ,ΣR, with Σ1 = Σ and Σj+1 in the interior of Σj and all of them in the joint domain of analyticity of the scalar functions aν(z) (see Fig. 1) which may have poles only at the zeroes The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants 5 Σ = Σ1 D 1 Σ2 D 2 Σ3 D R−1 ΣR DR = D+ D0 = D− Figure 1. An illustration of the splitting of the jump matrix into elementary jumps. The matrix M(z; t) is analytic in the shaded regions. of the principal minors q`(z) of M(z). This is accomplished by “extending” the matrix Γ−(z) to the annular regions D0 = D− and Dj = Int(Σj) ∩ Ext(Σj+1) as Θ0(z) := Γ−(z), ∀ z ∈ D0, Θν(z) := Γ−(z) −→ ν∏ `=1 F`(z), ∀ z ∈ Dν . (2.1) By doing so we obtain the following relations Θν(z) = Θν−1(z)Fν(z), ∀ z ∈ Σν , ν = 1, . . . , R. The piecewise analytic matrix function Θ(z) whose restriction to Dν coincides with the matri- ces Θν (2.1), satisfies a final RHP Θ+(z) = Θ−(z)Fν(z), ∀ z ∈ Σν , Θ(∞) = 1. (2.2) This type of RHP is of the general type of “integrable kernels” and its solvability can be determined by computing the Fredholm determinant of an integral operator of L2( ⊔ Σν , |dz|) '⊕R ν=1 L 2(Σν , |dz|) with kernel (we use the same symbol for the operator and its kernel) K(z, w) = ~fT (z)~g(w) 2iπ(w − z) , ~f(z) = R∑ ν=1 ejνχν(z)aν(z), ~g(z) = R∑ ν=1 ekνχν(z), (2.3) where χν(z) is the projector (indicator function) on the component L2(Σν , |dz|). Indeed, as explained in [4, 10, 13], the Fredholm determinant det(Id−K) is zero if and only if the RHP (2.2) is non-solvable and moreover the resolvent operator R = K(Id−K)−1 of K has kernel R(z, w) = ~f t(z)Θt(z)(Θt)−1(w)~g(w) z − w . Theorem 2.2. The RHP (2.2) and hence (1.1) is solvable if and only if τ := det(Id−K) 6= 0. Proposition 2.3 (see, e.g., [4, Theorem 2.1]). Let ∂ be any deformation of the functions aν(z), then ∂ ln τ = R∑ ν=1 ∮ Σν Tr ( Θ−1 − Θ′−(z)∂FνF −1 ν ) dz 2iπ = R∑ ν=1 ∮ Σν ( Θ−1 ν−1Θ′ν−1(z) ) kν ,jν ∂aν(z) dz 2iπ . 6 M. Bertola 3 The SL2 case We would like to express the Malgrange one-form directly in terms of the τ function (Fredholm determinant). Rather than obscuring the simple idea with the general case, we consider in detail the SL2 case. Let M(z; t) be analytic in (z, t) ∈ N(Σ) × S and with values in SL2(C). Using the general scheme above, we have the following factorizations (1) [ a b c d ] = [ 1 0 1+c−a a 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F1(z) [ 1 1 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F2(z) [ 1 0 a− 1 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F3(z) [ 1 b−1 a 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F4(z) , a 6≡ 0, (2) [ a b c d ] = [ 1 1+b−d d 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F1(z) [ 1 0 1 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F2(z) [ 1 d− 1 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F3(z) [ 1 0 c−1 d 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F4(z) , d 6≡ 0, (3) [ a b −1 b 0 ] = [ 1 b− ab 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F1(z) [ 1 0 −1 b 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F2(z) [ 1 b 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F3(z) , (4) [ 0 b −1 b d ] = [ 1 d−1 b 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F1(z) [ 1 0 b 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F2(z) [ 1 −1 b 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F3(z) , (5) [ 0 b −1 b 0 ] = [ 1 0 b 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F1(z) [ 1 −1 b 0 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F2(z) [ 1 0 b 1 ] ︸ ︷︷ ︸ F3(z) . (3.1) 3.1 Fredholm determinants for different factorizations Each of the factorization (3.1) leads to an integrable operator of the form (2.3) and hence to a corresponding Fredholm determinant; we now establish their mutual relationships. There are two types of questions that we address here 1. How are the Fredholm determinants associated with the different factorizations (1, 2) in (3.1) related to each other? 2. For a fixed factorization, how does the Fredholm determinant depend on the choice of contour Σ (within the analyticity domain N(Σ)). Consider the cases (3.1)(ρ), ρ = 1, . . . , 5. We compute the logarithmic derivative of the corresponding Fredholm determinant using Proposition 2.3 ∂ ln τ(ρ) = R∑ ν=1 ∮ Σν Tr ( Θ−1 − Θ′−∂FνF −1 ν ) dz 2iπ . (3.2) By using the relationship (2.1) between Γ− (extended to an analytic function on Ext(Σ)∪N(Σ)), we can re-express it in terms of the Malgrange one-form of the original problem (1.1); we use the fact that we can deform the contours back to Σ = Σ1 by Cauchy’s theorem. Plugging (2.1) appropriately in (3.2) and using Leibnitz rule, after a short computation we obtain δ ln τ (ρ) = ∮ Σ Tr ( Γ−1 − Γ′−∂MM−1 ) dz 2iπ (3.3) + ∮ Σ Tr ( F−1 1 F ′1∂F2F −1 2 + F−1 12 F ′ 12∂F3F −1 3 + F−1 123F ′ 123∂F4F −1 4 ) dz 2iπ =: ωM + θ(ρ), where F1...k = F1F2F3 · · ·Fk (if the factorization has only three term, then we set F4 ≡ 1). The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants 7 The cases (3,4,5). The last cases (3.1)(3,4,5) lead essentially to a RHP with a triangular jump; it suffices to re-define Γ by Γ [ 0 1 −1 0 ] for z ∈ Int(Σ). If the index of b is zero, indΣ b = 0,then the solution can be written explicitly in closed form and it is interesting to compute the Fredholm determinant associated to our factorization of the matrix. We will show Proposition 3.1. In the cases (3.1)(3,4,5) and under the additional assumption that indΣ b = 0, the τ function given by det(IdL2(∪Σj)−K) and K as in (2.3), equals the constant in the strong Szegö formula, given by [1, 5] τ = exp [∑ j>0 jβ−jβj ] = det H+ TbTb−1 , where now the Toeplitz operator is for the scalar symbol b(z) and H+ is the Hardy space of scalar functions analytic in D+ and βj are the coefficients of ln b(z) in the Laurent expansion centered at the origin β(z) := ln b(z) = ∑ j∈Z βjz j . (3.4) The same applies in the case that the jump is triangular (b ≡ 0 and/or c ≡ 0) under the assumption indΣ a = 0 and replacing b with a in the above formulas. Proof. From a direct computation of the term θ(ρ) in (3.3), we find θ (3,4,5) = ∮ Σ ( δβ d dz β ) dz 2iπ , β(z) := ln b(z) and the solution of the RHP is explicit, Γ(z) =  eB(z) −e−B(z) ∮ Σ a(w)b(w)e2B−(w) w − z dw 2iπ 0 e−B(z)  , z ∈ D−,eB(z) −e−B(z) ∮ Σ a(w)b(w)e2B−(w) w − z dw 2iπ 0 e−B(z) [ 0 1 −1 0 ] , z ∈ D+, B(z) := ∮ Σ β(w) w − z dw 2iπ . Thus we can write explicitly the Malgrange form: ωM = ∮ Σ Tr ( Γ−1 − Γ′−δMM−1 ) dz 2iπ = ∮ Σ Tr ( σ3 ∮ Σ β(w) (w − z−)2 dw 2iπ δβ(z)σ3 ) dz 2iπ = 2 ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ β(w)δ(β(z)) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ . In this integral, z is integrated on a slightly “larger” contour Σ−. The Fredholm determinant satisfies δ ln τ(3,4,5) = ωM + θ (3,4,5) = 2 ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ β(w)δ(β(z)) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ + ∮ Σ [ β(δβ)′ ] dw 2iπ . We now show that δ ln τ = δ ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ β(w)β(z) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ = ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ δβ(w)β(z) + β(w)δβ(z) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ . 8 M. Bertola Indeed, the exchange of order of integration of one of the addenda (and relabeling the variables) yields the other term plus the residue on the diagonal,∮ Σ− ∮ Σ δβ(w)β(z) + β(w)δβ(z) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ = ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ 2β(w)δβ(z) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ + ∮ Σ β(z)(δβ)′ dz 2iπ . Therefore, in conclusion, we have (we fix the overall constant of τ by requiring it to be 1 for b ≡ 1) ln τ = ∮ Σ− ∮ Σ ln b(w) ln b(z) (w − z)2 dw 2iπ dz 2iπ . (3.5) If we write a Laurent expansion of ln b (3.4) the formula (3.5) gives the explicit expression ln τ = ∑ j>0 jβ−jβj , which is also the formula for the second Szegö limit theorem for the limit of the Toeplitz determi- nants of the symbol b(z), and it is known to to be the Fredholm determinant of an operator [1, 5] τ = det H+ TbTb−1 , where now the Toeplitz operator is for the scalar symbol b(z) and H+ is the Hardy space of scalar functions analytic in D+. � Remark 3.2. The index assumption is only necessary for the case (3.1)(5) or (3.1)(1) when b ≡ 0 ≡ c, because in these situations the RHP separates into two scalar problems. However, the assumption indΣ b = 0 for cases (3,4) or indΣ a = 0 for the triangular case is not necessary as we now show (in the latter form). Consider the RHP Y+ = Y− [ 1 µ(z) 0 1 ] , z ∈ Σ, Y (z) = ( 1 +O ( z−1 )) znσ3 , z →∞. By defining Γ(z) = { Y (z), z ∈ Int(Σ), Y (z)z−nσ3 , z ∈ Ext(Σ), we are lead to the RHP in standard form Γ+ = Γ− [ zn znµ(z) 0 z−n ] , z ∈ Σ, Γ(∞) = 1, which is case (1) with c ≡ 0 (or essentially cases (3,4) up to a multiplication by piecewise constant matrices). Even if a(z) = zn and thus indΣ a = n, this problem is still generically solvable in terms of appropriate “orthogonal polynomials” {p`(z)}`∈N defined by the “orthogonality” property∮ Σ p`(z)pk(z)µ(z)dz = h`δ`k. The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants 9 Then the solution of the Y -problem is written as Y (z) =  pn(z) ∮ Σ pn(w)µ(w)dw (w − z)2iπ −2iπpn−1(z) hn−1 ∮ Σ −pn−1(w)µ(w)dw (w − z)hn−1  , and the solvability depends only on the condition [6] det [∮ Σ z`+j−2µ(z)dz ]n j,`=1 6= 0. The cases (1,2). A straightforward computation using the explicit expression (3.1)(1) yields ∂ ln τ (1) = ∮ Σ [ Tr ( Γ−1 − Γ′−∂MM−1 ) + ∂ ln a(ln a)′(1 + bc) − c∂b(ln a)′ + c′∂b− c′b∂(ln a) ] dz 2iπ = ∮ Σ Tr ( Γ−1Γ′∂MM−1 ) dz 2iπ + ∮ Σ ( (a)′ a (d∂a− c∂b) + ac′∂ ( b a )) dz 2iπ︸ ︷︷ ︸ θ (1) . (3.6) Since ∂ ln τ is a closed differential, the exterior derivative of θ (1) must be opposite to the one of the first term, which is given by (1.4). Let us verify this directly; to this end we compute the exterior derivative of θ (1) . A straightforward computation yields δθ (1) = ∮ Σ ( δb ∧ (δc)′ + δa ∧ (δa)′ a2 (1 + bc) + δa ∧ ( δc a )′ b − δa ∧ δb(c)′ a − δb ∧ (δa)′ c a − δb ∧ δca ′ a ) dz 2iπ . The exterior derivative of ωM is given by (1.4), in which we can insert the explicit expression of M(z; t); after a somewhat lengthy but straightforward computation we find that δωM + δθ (1) = −1 2 ∮ Σ d dz ( c a δa ∧ δb− b a δa ∧ δc+ δb ∧ δc ) dz 2iπ = 0, thus confirming that the differential δ ln τ (1) is indeed closed (of course it must be, since the tau function is a Fredholm determinant!). The case (2) is analogous with the replacements b ↔ c and a↔ d. 3.1.1 Determinants for different choices of Σ The factorizations (3.1)(1,2) require that we deform the contour Σ so that a(z) (or d(z)) does not have any zero on Σ. This leads to completely equivalent RHPs of the form (1.1) but not entirely equivalent RHP when expressed in the form (2.2). Note that (3.1)(3,4,5) do not suffer from this ambiguity, because b(z) cannot have any zeroes in N(Σ) since we assumed analyticity of the jump matrix M(z; t). Consider the factorization (3.1)(1) (with similar considerations applying to the other factor- ization); in general a(z; t) has zeroes in its domain of analyticity, and their positions depend on t. Therefore it may be necessary, when considering the dependence on t, to move the contour so that certain zeroes are to the left or to the right of it because a zero may sweep across N(Σ) as we vary t ∈ S. 10 M. Bertola Σ̃ Σ Figure 2. The two contours and the zeroes of a(z; t) within the enclosed region. The shaded area is N(Σ) where M(z; t) is analytic (uniformly w.r.t. t ∈ S). So, let Σ, Σ̃ be two contours in the common domain of analyticity of M(z; t) and such that a(z; t) has no zeroes on either one and Σ ⊂ Int(Σ̃) (see Fig. 2). Denote with τ (1) and τ̃ (1) the corresponding Fredholm determinants of the operators defined as described; following the same steps as above. Our goal is to show that Theorem 3.3. The ratio of the two Fredholm determinants is given by τ̃ (1) = τ (1) ∏ v∈Int(Σ̃)∩Ext(Σ): a(v)=0 (c(v(t); t))−ordv(a). Note that the evaluation of c at the zeroes of a cannot vanish because detM ≡ 1. Proof. From the formula (3.6) we get ∂ ln τ̃ (1) τ (1) = (∮ Σ̃ − ∮ Σ ) Tr ( Γ−1 − Γ′−∂MM−1 ) dz 2iπ + (∮ Σ̃ − ∮ Σ )( (a)′ a (d∂a− c∂b) + ac′∂ ( b a )) dz 2iπ . Here Γ− means the analytic extension of the solution Γ to the region Ext(Σ) ∪ N(Σ). Since the integrand of the first term is holomorphic in the region bounded by Σ̃ and Σ, it yields a zero contribution by the Cauchy’s theorem and we are left only with the second term, which is computable by the residue theorem; ∂ ln τ̃ (1) τ (1) = ∑ v∈Int(Σ̃)∩Ext(Σ): a(v)=0 res z=v ( (a)′ a (d∂a− c∂b) + c′a∂ ( b a )) . We are assuming that M(z; t) is analytic and also that detM ≡ 1. Now note that a zero v(t) of a(z; t) in general depends on t; suppose that a(z; t) = (z − v(t))k(Ck(t) +O(z − v(t))); then ∂a(z; t) a(z; t) = − k∂v(t) z − v(t) +O(1), and hence the residue evaluation at z = v(t) yields (we use 0 = a′∂v + ∂a|v and ∂(ad)|v = d∂a|v = ∂(bc)|v) res z=v ( (a)′ a (d∂a− c∂b) + ac′∂ ( b a )) = k ( −da′ ∣∣ v ∂v − c∂b ∣∣ v ) + kbc′∂v = k ( d∂a ∣∣ v − c∂b ∣∣ v ) + kbc′∂v = k ( ∂(bc) ∣∣ v − c∂b ∣∣ v ) + kbc′∂v = kb∂c ∣∣ v + kbc′ ∣∣ v ∂v bc|v=−1 = −k∂ ln c(v(t); t) (note that c(v(t); t) cannot be zero because detM ≡ 1 and z = v is already a zero of a). � The Malgrange Form and Fredholm Determinants 11 3.1.2 Determinants for different factorizations The tau functions (Fredholm determinants) defined thus far should be understood as defining a section of a line bundle over the loop group space; this is the line bundle associated to the two fom δωM (1.4). This simply means that on the intersection of the open sets where the factorizations (1), (2) in (3.1) can be made, we have δ ln τ (1) τ (2) = δ ln ( Υ(1,2) ) , where δ ln ( Υ(1,2) ) := δ ( θ (1) − θ (2) ) . After a short computation we obtain δ ln ( Υ(1,2) ) = ∮ Σ ( c′δb− b′δc 1 + bc ) dz 2iπ = ∮ Σ ( δ ln b d dz ln(ad)− δ ln(ad) d dz ln b ) dz 2iπ . Observe the last expression; in principle the functions b(z), a(z)d(z) may have nonzero index around Σ, but in any case the functions δ ln b and (ln(ad))′ are single-valued because the incre- ments of the logarithms are integer multiples of 2iπ and hence locally constant in the space of deformations. To write explicitly the transition function (or rather a representative of the same cocycle class) we need to choose a point z0 ∈ Int(Σ); we choose z = 0 without loss of generality. Let K = indΣ b, L = indΣ(ad); then we can rewrite the above expression as follows δ ln ( Υ(1,2) ) = ∮ Σ [ δ ln ( b zK ) d dz ln ( ad zL ) − δ ln ( ad zL ) d dz ln ( b zK ) − δ ln ( ad zL ) K z + δ ln ( b zK ) L z ] dz 2iπ , and after integration by parts (which is now possible since all functions involved are single-valued in N(Σ)) δ ln ( Υ(1,2) ) = δ ∮ Σ [ ln ( b zK ) d dz ln ( ad zL ) − ln ( ad zL ) K z + ln ( b zK ) L z ] dz 2iπ , so that the transition function admits the explicit expression Υ(1,2) = exp [∮ Σ [ ln ( b zK ) d dz ln ( ad zL ) − ln ( ad zL ) K z + ln ( b zK ) L z ] dz 2iπ ] . 4 Conclusion We conclude this short note with a few comments. First of all the choice of Σ as a single closed contour is not necessary; we can have a disjoint union of closed contours or an unbounded contour as long as M(z) converges to the identity sufficiently fast as |z| → ∞ or near the endpoints. The considerations extend with trivial modifications. Our approach is similar in spirit to the approach used in [9] to express the tau function of a general isomonodromic system with Fuchsian singularities in terms of an appropriate Fredholm determinant. Much less clear to the writer is how to handle the case where Σ contains intersections; in this case we should stipulate a local “no-monodromy” condition at the intersection points 12 M. Bertola as explained in [2, 3]. The obstacle is not the issue of factorization but the fact that the resulting RHP of the IIKS type leads to an operator K (2.3) which is not of trace-class (and not even Hilbert–Schmidt, which would be sufficient in order to construct a Hilbert–Carleman determinant). Nonetheless, the two form δωM defines a line bundle as explained and therefore it is possible to compute the “transition functions” of the line-bundle; this is precisely what is accomplished (in different setting and in different terminology) in recent works [11, 12] and the transition functions can be expressed in terms of explicit expressions, analogously to what we have shown here in this general but simplified setting. Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Oleg Lisovyy for asking a very pertinent question on the represen- tation of the Malgrange form in terms of Fredholm determinants. Part of the thinking was done during the author’s stay at the “Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio de Giorgi” at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, workshop on “Asymptotic and computational aspects of complex differential equations” organized by G. Filipuk, D. Guzzetti and S. Michalik. 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