Adiabatic groupoid and secondary invariants in K-theory (Q1735492)

This paper is based on the essential part of the author's PhD thesis and it is a continuation and directly generalizes the cases of the recent works of \textit{P. Piazza} and \textit{T. Schick} [J. Topol. 7, No. 4, 965--1004 (2014; Zbl 1320.58012); Ann. \(K\)-Theory 1, No. 2, 109--154 (2016; Zbl 1335.46063)]. Namely, the author introduces the so called ``the K-theoretic secondary invariants'' associated to a Lie groupoid. Here the K-theory is the receptacle for these new invariants. First of all, in Section 1, the author recalls basic concepts such as Lie algebroids, adiabatic groupoid, the Monthubert groupoid and adiabatic $G$-index of a smooth deformation groupoid $G$. Next, the author continuously recalls notions as the wrong-way functoriality for submersions and transverse maps in the second section. Finally, the author introduces secondary invariants ($\rho$-classes) for adiabatic groupoids and proves the delocalized APS index theorem for Lie groupoids (Theorem 3.7). The author also emphasizes that all the results of the paper still hold if we make some appropriate modifications. The author also gives a concrete non-trivial example by foliated manifolds in the last section.