Mod-2 Equivalence of the K-theoretic Euler and Signature Classes

MaRDI QIDQ6209026zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors J. F. Davis, Pisheng Ding

Publication date 6 April 2008

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory (19K56) Topological (K)-theory (19L99) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05)

Abstract: This note proves that, as K-theory elements, the symbol classes of the de Rham operator and the signature operator on a closed manifold of even dimension are congruent mod 2. An equivariant generalization is given pertaining to the equivariant Euler characteristic and the multi-signature.

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