Splitting and Making Explicit the de Rham Complex of the Drinfeld Space

A transparent description is provided of the global sections of the de Rham complex of the Drinfeld space of dimension n-1 as a complex of (duals of) locally analytic representations of GLn(K), and an explicit partial splitting of this complex is constructed in the derived category of (duals of) locally analytic representations of GLn(K). Multiple intermediate results on Ext groups of locally analytic representations are established, which may be useful in other contexts. Requiring a light background in locally analytic representations, modules over enveloping algebras, and rigid spaces, the book is aimed at a general audience of number theorists and representation theorists.