Quantitative K-theory related to spin Chern numbers

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2014.077zbMATH Open1307.19004arXiv1302.0349WikidataQ114023096 ScholiaQ114023096MaRDI QIDQ401269FDOQ401269

Authors: Terry A. Loring 

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine the various indices defined on pairs of almost commuting unitary matrices that can detect pairs that are far from commuting pairs. We do this in two symmetry classes, that of general unitary matrices and that of self-dual matrices, with an emphasis on quantitative results. We determine which values of the norm of the commutator guarantee that the indices are defined, where they are equal, and what quantitative results on the distance to a pair with a different index are possible. We validate a method of computing spin Chern numbers that was developed with Hastings and only conjectured to be correct. Specifically, the Pfaffian-Bott index can be computed by the "log method" for commutator norms up to a specific constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0349

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zbMATH Keywords

Pfaffianwinding numberalmost commuting unitariesBott generatorsoft torus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Miscellaneous applications of (K)-theory (19M05)

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• On the Bott index of unitary matrices on a finite torus
• Higher dimensional Bott classes and the stability of rotation relations
• \(K\)-theory and pseudospectra for topological insulators
• Quantum K-theory. II: Homotopy invariance of the Chern character
• Almost commuting matrices, localized Wannier functions, and the quantum Hall effect
• Stability of certain relations of three unitaries in \(C^\ast\)-algebras
• Bott periodicity and almost commuting matrices
• Almost commuting unitary matrices related to time reversal

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