Abstract:
We study the dilogarithm identities from algebraic, analytic, asymptotic, KK-theoretic, combinatorial and representation-theoretic points of view. We prove that a lot of dilogarithm identities (hypothetically all !) can be obtained by using the five-term relation only. Among those the Coxeter, Lewin, Loxton and Browkin ones are contained. Accessibility of Lewin's one variable and Ray's multivariable (here for n2n\le 2 only) functional equations is given. For odd levels the sl2^\hat{sl_2} case of Kuniba-Nakanishi's dilogarithm conjecture is proven and additional results about remainder term are obtained. The connections between dilogarithm identities and Rogers-Ramanujan-Andrews-Gordon type partition identities via their asymptotic behavior are discussed. Some new results about the string functions for level kk vacuum representation of the affine Lie algebra sln^\hat{sl_n} are obtained. Connection between dilogarithm identities and algebraic KK-theory (torsion in K3(R)K_3({\bf R})) is discussed. Relations between crystal basis, branching functions bλ kΛ0(q)b_{\lambda}~{k\Lambda_0}(q) and Kostka-Foulkes polynomials (Lusztig's qq-analog of weight multiplicity) are considered. The Melzer and Milne conjectures are proven. In some special cases we are proving that the branching functions bλ kΛ0(q)b_{\lambda}~{k\Lambda_0}(q) are equal to an appropriate limit of Kostka polynomials (the so-called Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz limit). Connection between "finite-dimensional part of crystal base" and Robinson-Schensted-Knuth correspondence is considered.
  • lectures: Kyoto 1994/02/14
  • field theory: conformal
  • algebra: Kac-Moody
  • analytic properties
  • mathematical methods: dilogarithm
  • bibliography