\(L^{2}\)-invariants of Riemannian foliations (Q2426645)

This article generalizes to Riemannian foliations the theory of \(L^2\)-invariants of differentiable manifolds. In particular, \(L^2\)-spectral sequence Betti numbers and Novikov-Shubin invariants are defined. These numbers are related to the \(L^2\) spectral sequence introduced in [\textit{J. A. Álvarez López} and \textit{Y. A. Kordyukov}, Geom. Funct. Anal. 10, No. 5, 977--1027 (2000; Zbl 0965.57024)]. They are proved to be invariant by foliated homotopies and to satisfy a certain Poincaré duality. Several examples are computed.