The equivariant index theorem for transversally elliptic operators and the basic index theorem for Riemannian foliations (Q617664)

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The equivariant index theorem for transversally elliptic operators and the basic index theorem for Riemannian foliations
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    The equivariant index theorem for transversally elliptic operators and the basic index theorem for Riemannian foliations (English)
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    21 January 2011
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    In this expository paper, the authors survey the results in their two preprints ``The eta invariant and equivariant index of transversally elliptic operators'' [\url{arXiv:1005.3845}] and ``Index theory for basic Dirac operators on Riemannian foliations'' [\url{arXiv:1008.1757}]. It contains two results. The first one is a formula for the multiplicities of the index of an equivariant transversally elliptic operator on a compact, oriented Riemannian manifold with a compact Lie group acting it isometrically. The formula is a sum of integrals over blowups of the strata of the group action and also involves eta invariants of associated elliptic operators. The second one is an index formula for basic Dirac operators on Riemannian foliations, a well-known problem in foliation theory that was open for more than twenty years.
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    equivariant
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    index
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    transversally elliptic
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    eta invariant
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    stratification
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    foliation
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