Index of elliptic operators for diffeomorphisms of manifolds (Q470337)

The authors deal with operators that are obtained by iterates of a given diffeomorphism of a closed manifold \(M\) composed with pseudo-differential operators on \(M\) and finite sums of these. The algebra of symbols of those operators is noncommutative. An elliptic theory for such operators is developped. In particular, a notion of being elliptic is defined which implies Fredholmness and regularity properties of kernel and cokernel. An index formula in terms of topological invariants and the symbol of the operator is presented.