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Heisenberg Action and Verlinde Formulas

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Integrable Systems

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In this paper we review some of the recent work on ‘nonabelian theta functions’. We discuss various links between abelian and nonabelian theta functions as well as links with the Schottky problem and open questions.

Research partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-9105221

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Utrecht, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Bert van Geemen

  2. Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Emma Previato

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van Geemen, B., Previato, E. (1993). Heisenberg Action and Verlinde Formulas. In: Babelon, O., Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Y., Cartier, P. (eds) Integrable Systems. Progress in Mathematics, vol 115. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0315-5_3

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