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Lie Algebras of Formal Power Series
Min Ho LEE
Department of Mathematics
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614 — USA

lee@math.uni.edu

Received: January 2, 2007
Accepted: April 26, 2007

ABSTRACT

Pseudodifferential operators are formal Laurent series in the formal inverse -1 of the derivative operator whose coefficients are holomorphic functions. Given a pseudodifferential operator, the corresponding formal power series can be obtained by using some constant multiples of its coefficients. The space of pseudodifferential operators is a noncommutative algebra over and therefore has a natural structure of a Lie algebra. We determine the corresponding Lie algebra structure on the space of formal power series and study some of its properties. We also discuss these results in connection with automorphic pseudodifferential operators, Jacobi-like forms, and modular forms for a discrete subgroup of SL(2, ℝ).

Key words: Lie algebras, pseudodifferential operators, Jacobi-like forms, modular forms.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification:
17B60, 11F50, 11F11, 35S05.