In previous work with Pittmann-Polletta, we showed that a
loop in a simply connected compact Lie group has a unique Birkhoff (or
triangular) factorization if and only if the loop has a unique root subgroup
factorization (relative to a choice of a reduced sequence of simple reflections
in the affine Weyl group).
In this paper our main purpose is to investigate
Birkhoff and root subgroup factorization for loops in a noncompact type
semisimple Lie group of Hermitian symmetric type. In previous work we showedthat for a constant loop there is a unique Birkhoff factorization if and onlyif there is a root subgroup factorization. However for loops, while a root
subgroup factorization implies a unique Birkhoff factorization, the converse is
false. As in the compact case, root subgroup factorization is intimately
related to factorization of Toeplitz determinants.
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