Spectral flow, eta invariants, and von Neumann algebras

DOI10.1016/0022-1236(92)90022-BzbMath0783.57015OpenAlexW1992428069MaRDI QIDQ1803327

Varghese Mathai

Publication date: 29 June 1993

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1236(92)90022-b

zbMATH Keywords

representationsfundamental groupspectral flow\(\eta\)-invarianthomotopy invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57)

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