On tau-functions for the Toda lattice hierarchy

Abstract: We extend a recent result of [13] for the KdV hierarchy to the Toda lattice hierarchy. Namely, for an arbitrary solution to the Toda lattice hierarchy, we define a pair of wave functions, and use them to give explicit formulae for the generating series of $k$-point correlation functions of the solution. Applications to computing GUE correlators and Gromov--Witten invariants of the Riemann sphere are under consideration.