On the squared eigenfunction symmetry of the Toda lattice hierarchy

The squared eigenfunction symmetry for the Toda lattice hierarchy is explicitly constructed in the form of the Kronecker product of the vector eigenfunction and the vector adjoint eigenfunction, which can be viewed as the generating function for the additional symmetries when the eigenfunction and the adjoint eigenfunction are the wave function and the adjoint wave function, respectively. Then after the Fay-like identities and some important relations about the wave functions are investigated, the action of the squared eigenfunction related to the additional symmetry on the tau function is derived, which is equivalent to the Adler-Shiota-van Moerbeke formulas. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4791702]