# Who can tell me the properties for the delta function in Sato's theory?

In Sato's theory, the following formal delta function is defined:

$\delta(\lambda,z)=\frac{1}{\lambda}\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty(\frac{z}{\lambda})^n=\frac{1}{z}\frac{1}{1-\lambda/z}+\frac{1}{\lambda}\frac{1}{1-z/\lambda}$

Given a function $f(z)=\sum a_iz^i$,

$f(\lambda)\delta(\lambda,z)=f(z)\delta(\lambda,z)$.

I want to know the properties as many as possible. Or useful references are welcome to be provided. Thanks!

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The formal delta function obeys the usual properties that the Dirac delta function does, but relative to the pairing defined by the residue. For instance, $$\mathrm{Res}_z f(z)\delta(z,w) = f(w)$$ for any formal distribution $f(z)$.

This and more can be found in Kac's Vertex algebras for beginners, particularly Proposition 2.1 in §2.1.

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thanks for the answer, which is very helpful. I want to know whether the following relation is right, $\delta(-\lambda,z+\mu-\lambda)=???\delta(-\mu,z)$ Thanks again. –  Jack Cheng May 6 '10 at 12:29
I think so. Although formally $\delta(x,y)$ is not a "function" of $x-y$, for all practical purposes it is. –  José Figueroa-O'Farrill May 6 '10 at 13:25