-invariant and flat vector bundles

DOI10.1007/S11401-005-0320-8MaRDI QIDQ2431980zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xiaonan Ma, Weiping Zhang

Publication date 24 October 2006

Published in Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508006

zbMATH Keywords

\(\eta\)-invariant\(\rho\)-invariantflat vector bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

Abstract: We present an alternate definition of the mod {�f Z} component of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer $eta$ invariant associated to (not necessary unitary) flat vector bundles, which identifies explicitly its real and imaginary parts. This is done by combining a deformation of flat connections introduced in a previous paper with the analytic continuation procedure appearing in the original article of Atiyah, Patodi and Singer.

Review text

Atiyah-Patodi-Singer have shown how to define the reduced \(\eta\)-invariant in the case of non-unitary flat Hermitian bundles by using analysis of non-self-adjoint operators, and proven a certain equality in \(\mathbb{C}/\mathbb{Z}\) [\textit{M. F. Atiyah, V. K. Patrodi} and \textit{I. M. Singer}, Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 79, 71--99 (1976; Zbl 0325.58015)]. In the paper under review, the authors do the same without using non-self-adjoint operators; instead, they use the procedure of analytic continuation and a certain deformation of flat connections.

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