A pseudodifferential analytic perspective on Getzler's rescaling

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Authors Georges Habib, Sylvie Paycha

Publication date 12 February 2024

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04013, https://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2024/010/sigma24-010.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac operatorindexspinor bundleWodzicki residue

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) (Semi-) Fredholm operators; index theories (47A53) Pseudodifferential and Fourier integral operators on manifolds (58J40)

Abstract: Inspired by Gilkey's invariance theory, Getzler's rescaling method and Scott's approach to the index via Wodzicki residues, we give a localisation formula for the Z 2-graded Wodzicki residue of the logarithm of a class of differential operators acting on sections of a spinor bundle over an even dimensional manifold. This formula is expressed in terms of another local density built from the symbol of the logarithm of a limit of rescaled differential operators acting on differential forms. When applied to complex powers of the square of a Dirac operator, it amounts to expressing the index of a Dirac operator in terms of a local density involving the logarithm of the Getzler rescaled limit of its square.

Review text

The Wodzicki residue is an important tool in index theory, which is local and can be used to express the index of the Dirac operator. The paper under review combines Gilkey's invariance theory, Getzler's rescaling method and Scott's approach to the index via Wodzicki residues to establish local index formulas for certain differential operators. More precisely, in order to apply Getzler's rescaling method, the authors define a special class of differential operators acting on smooth sections of a vector bundle, which are called {\em geometric} with respect to a metric \(g\) (Definition 5.8). These geometric differential operators turn out to be closed under product (Proposition 5.11). Then authors define {\em rescalable} geometric differential operators (Definition 6.1) and prove some nice properties for these operators. Applying the terminology and techniques developed in the paper to \(E=\Lambda T^*M\) and \(E=\Sigma M\), respectively, the authors obtain their localization formulas, namely Theorem 6.7 and Corollary 6.10. Finally, the authors show that the square of a Dirac operator is a rescalable geometric differential operator, hence fits into the framework. As a consequence, a localization formula (Equation (7.1)) for the square of the Dirac operator is achieved.

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