{"title":"Hasse–Schmidt derivations and Cayley–Hamilton\u0000 theorem for exterior algebras","authors":"Letterio Gatto, I. Scherbak","doi":"10.1090/CONM/733/14739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1090/CONM/733/14739","url":null,"abstract":"Using the natural notion of {em Hasse--Schmidt derivations on an exterior algebra}, we relate two classical and seemingly unrelated subjects. The first is the celebrated Cayley--Hamilton theorem of linear algebra, \"{em each endomorphism of a finite-dimensional vector space is a root of its own characteristic polynomial}\", and the second concerns the expression of the bosonic vertex operators occurring in the representation theory of the (infinite-dimensional) Heinsenberg algebra.","PeriodicalId":432671,"journal":{"name":"Functional Analysis and Geometry","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132745585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}