Approximations of delocalized eta invariants by their finite analogues

DOI10.4171/LEM/1048arXiv2003.03401OpenAlexW4287828508MaRDI QIDQ6168565FDOQ6168565

Authors: Jin-Min Wang, Zhizhang Xie, Guoliang Yu 

Publication date: 9 August 2023

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a given self-adjoint first order elliptic differential operator on a closed smooth manifold, we prove a list of results on when the delocalized eta invariant associated to a regular covering space can be approximated by the delocalized eta invariants associated to finite-sheeted covering spaces. One of our main results is the following. Suppose $M$ is a closed smooth spin manifold and $widetildeM$ is a $Gamma$-regular covering space of $M$. Let $langlealphaangle$ be the conjugacy class of a non-identity element $alphainGamma$. Suppose $Gamm{a}_i$ is a sequence of finite-index normal subgroups of $Gamma$ that distinguishes $langlealphaangle$. Let $p{i}_{Gamm{a}_i}$ be the quotient map from $Gamma$ to $Gamma/Gamm{a}_i$ and $langlep{i}_{Gamm{a}_i}(alpha)angle$ the conjugacy class of $p{i}_{Gamm{a}_i}(alpha)$ in $Gamma/Gamm{a}_i$. If the scalar curvature on $M$ is everywhere bounded below by a sufficiently large positive number, then the delocalized eta invariant for the Dirac operator of $widetildeM$ at the conjugacy class $langlealphaangle$ is equal to the limit of the delocalized eta invariants for the Dirac operators of $M_{Gamm{a}_i}$ at the conjugacy class $langlep{i}_{Gamm{a}_i}(alpha)angle$, where $M_{Gamm{a}_i}=widetildeM/Gamm{a}_i$ is the finite-sheeted covering space of $M$ determined by $Gamm{a}_i$. In another main result of the paper, we prove that the limit of the delocalized eta invariants for the Dirac operators of $M_{Gamm{a}_i}$ at the conjugacy class $langlep{i}_{Gamm{a}_i}(alpha)angle$ converges, under the assumption that the rational maximal Baum-Connes conjecture holds for $Gamma$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.03401

zbMATH Keywords

Baum-Connes conjecturepositive scalar curvaturehigher rho invariantconjugacy separabledelocalized eta invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K)-theory and homology; cyclic homology and cohomology (19D55) Index theory (19K56)

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