The Index Theorem for Toeplitz Operators as a Corollary of Bott Periodicity

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAAB008zbMATH Open1472.47009arXiv2010.02906OpenAlexW3130702530MaRDI QIDQ4956658FDOQ4956658

Paul Baum, Erik van Erp

Publication date: 2 September 2021

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This is an expository paper about the index of Toeplitz operators, and in particular Boutet de Monvel's theorem. We prove Boutet de Monvel's theorem as a corollary of Bott periodicity, and independently of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.02906

zbMATH Keywords

Chern characterTodd classclosed manifoldscompact manifolds with boundarybordism invarianceproduct lemmaCalderon projection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(Semi-) Fredholm operators; index theories (47A53) Toeplitz operators, Hankel operators, Wiener-Hopf operators (47B35) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Fredholm structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B15)

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• Relative \(K\)-homology of higher-order differential operators

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