The eta invariant and equivariant bordism of flat manifolds with cyclic holonomy group of odd prime order (Q2269471)

The authors compute the eta invariants of twisted Dirac operators acting on twisted spin bundles on a compact Riemannian manifold whose holonomy group is \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) for an odd prime \(p\). Consider such an \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold \(M\). Let \(\varepsilon\) be a spin structure on \(M\). For \(0\leq l \leq p-1\), let \(D_l\) be the spin Dirac operator twisted by a character \(\rho_l\) of \(\mathbb{Z}_p\). Let \(\{\lambda_i\}\) be the set of eigenvalues of \(D_l\). The eta function \(\eta_l(s)\) is the meromorphic extension of the series \(\sum_{\lambda_i\neq 0}\text{sign}(\lambda_i)|\lambda_i|^{-s}\) to \(\mathbb{C}.\) Using the information of the spectrum in [\textit{R. J. Miatello} and \textit{R. A. Podestá}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 358, No.~10, 4569--4603 (2006; Zbl 1094.58014)], the authors obtain explicit expressions for \(\eta_l(s)\) in terms of the Hurwitz zeta function. Consider the reduced eta invariant \(\widetilde{\eta}_l=\eta_l(0)+\dim(\text{ker\,} D_l).\) Then \(\widetilde{\eta}_l\) is always an integer unless \(p=n=3\), and, in this case, \(\widetilde{\eta}_l\) is the sum of \(\frac 23\) and an integer. Then, the authors use these results to discuss the equivariant \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) spin bordism groups. Let \((M,\varepsilon,\sigma_p)\) and \((M,\varepsilon,\sigma_0)\) denote a Riemannan manifold \(M\) with \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) holonomy group equipped with a spin structure \(\varepsilon\) together with the canonical and the trivial equivariant \(\mathbb{Z}_p\)-structures \(\sigma_p\) and \(\sigma_0\), respectively. Then, \([(M,\varepsilon,\sigma_p)] = [(M,\varepsilon,\sigma_{0})]\) in the reduced equivariant \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) spin bordism group.