On the index of elliptic operators associated with a diffeomorphism of a manifold (Q542321)

The author establishes an index formula for non local operators on a closed manifold, defined by linear combinations of products of pseudodifferential operators and the shift associated to a given diffeomorphism. He shows that the index equals the index of a certain boundary value problem on a compact cylinder based on the original manifold, with boundary conditions relating the values of the solution on the two ends of the cylinder. Such non local boundary value problems can be naturally interpreted in term of the Kasparov \(K\)-homology.