$\lambda$-Differential operators and $\lambda$-differential modules for the Virasoro algebra

Abstract

The concept of $\lambda$-differential operators is a natural generalization of differential operators and difference operators. In this paper, we determine the $\lambda$-differential Lie algebraic structure on the Witt algebra and the Virasoro algebra for invertible $\lambda$. Then we consider several families of modules over the Virasoro algebra with explicit module actions and determine the $\lambda$-differential module structures on them.