Superconnections and higher index theory (Q2366290)
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Superconnections and higher index theory (English)
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29 June 1993
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The purpose of this paper is a heat equation proof of a Connes-Moscovici theorem concerning the computation of the pairing between the group cohomology of \(\pi_ 1(M)\) and the Chern character of the higher index of a Dirac-type operator on a smooth closed connected spin manifold \(M\). As a consequence of this result a new proof of the Novikov conjecture for hyperbolic groups is obtained.
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higher index theory
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heat equation
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spin manifold
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Novikov conjecture
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hyperbolic groups
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