An index theorem for Wiener-Hopf operators

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2007.11.024MaRDI QIDQ2482056zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Alldridge, Troels Rousseau Johansen

Publication date 16 April 2008

Published in Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611198

groupoid C*-algebra KK theory topological index Wiener-Hopf operator

Index theory (19K56) (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) (Semi-) Fredholm operators; index theories (47A53) Toeplitz operators, Hankel operators, Wiener-Hopf operators (47B35) Algebras of specific types of operators (Toeplitz, integral, pseudodifferential, etc.) (47L80)

Abstract: We study multivariate generalisations of the classical Wiener--Hopf algebra, which is the C

^{*}

-algebra generated by the Wiener--Hopf operators, given by the convolutions restricted to convex cones. By the work of Muhly and Renault, this C

^{*}

-algebra is known to be isomorphic to the reduced C

^{*}

-algebra of a certain restricted action groupoid. In a previous paper, we have determined a composition series of this C

^{*}

-algebra, and compute the

K

-theory homomorphisms induced by the `symbol' maps given by the subquotients of the composition series in terms of the analytical index of a continuous family of Fredholm operators. In this paper, we obtain a topological expression for these index maps in terms of geometric-topological data naturally associated to the underlying convex cone. The resulting index formula is expressed in the framework of Kasparov's bivariant

K K

-theory. Our proof relies heavily on groupoid methods.

Review text

An expository explanation for the main result in this paper is given in the introduction. Accordingly, it has been known by \textit{P. S. Muhly} and \textit{J. N. Renault} [Trans.\ Am.\ Math.\ Soc.\ 274, 1--44 (1982; Zbl 0509.46049)] that the \(C^*\)-algebra generated by the Wiener-Hopf operators on the Hilbert space on a certain convex cone in a real inner product space is isomorphic to the reduced groupoid \(C^*\)-algebra of the Wiener-Hopf groupoid. It is obtained from its groupoid structure that the \(C^*\)-algebra has a composition series of closed ideals such that its subquotients are decomposed into extensions of groupoid \(C^*\)-algebras, whose KK (theory) classes are determined by both the KK class corresponding to the classical Wiener-Hopf extension and the KK class representing the Atiyah-Singer family index (or the Connes-Skandalis map associated to the tangent groupoid [\textit{A. Connes} and \textit{G. Skandalis}, Publ.\ Res.\ Inst.\ Math.\ Sci.\ 20, 1139--1183 (1984; Zbl 0575.58030)]). This result generalizes a result of \textit{H. Upmeier} [J.~Reine Angew.\ Math.\ 384, 57--79 (1988; Zbl 0628.47018)] for symmetric cones, and it covers cones such as polyhedral and homogeneous ones.

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