K-homology and Fredholm operators. I: Dirac operators

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2018.08.008MaRDI QIDQ1629700zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul Baum, Erik van Erp

Publication date 12 December 2018

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03502

zbMATH Keywords

Atiyah-Singer index theoremBott periodicityDirac operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20)

Abstract: This is an expository paper which gives a proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators, presenting the theorem as a computation of the K-homology of a point. This paper and its follow up ("K-homology and index theory II: Elliptic Operators") was written to clear up basic points about index theory that are generally accepted as valid, but for which no proof has been published. Some of these points are needed for the solution of the Heisenberg-elliptic index problem in our paper "K-homology and index theory on contact manifolds" Acta. Math. 2014.

Review text

This expository paper proves the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators as a corollary of Bott periodicity. In this interesting paper, authors give a simple exposition of the topological proof of Atiyah-Singer. The proof given here has the merit that it applies with no essential changes to the equivariant case and the families case.

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