Sub-signature operators and the Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for manifolds with boundary (Q2078513)

The heat kernel of a generalized Laplacian \(\Delta\) on a closed manifold \(M\) admits an expansion along the diagonal as \(t\to 0\). By the Mellin transformation, this expansion is linked to the residues of the restriction to the diagonal of the integral kernel of the holomorphic family of complex powers of the Laplacian \(\Delta\). Specializing to the sub-leading asymptotic term, one gets by taking the pointwise trace followed by integration on \(M\) the so-called Kastler-Kalau-Walze formula, expressing the Wodzicki residue of \(\Delta^{-1}\) in terms of geometric data on \(M\). In this paper, such formulae of Kastler-Kalau-Walze type are obtained for sub-signature operators on \(4\)- and \(6\)-dimensional compact manifolds, possibly with boundary.