Determinant lines, von Neumann algebras and $L^2$ torsion

zbMath0872.46031arXivdg-ga/9610002MaRDI QIDQ3125876

Varghese Mathai, Michael S. Farber, Alan L. Carey

Publication date: 20 May 1997

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9610002

zbMATH Keywords

finite von Neumann algebrastorsion invariantsReidemeister-Franz torsionRay-Singer torsiondeterminant lines\(L^ 2\) homology and cohomologyfinitely generated Hilbertian modulesHilbertian bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Methods of algebraic topology in functional analysis (cohomology, sheaf and bundle theory, etc.) (46M20) Normed modules and Banach modules, topological modules (if not placed in 13-XX or 16-XX) (46H25)

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