Index theory of hypoelliptic operators on Carnot manifolds

arXiv2203.04717MaRDI QIDQ6505572FDOQ6505572

Authors: Magnus Goffeng, Alexey Kuzmin 

Abstract: We study the index theory of hypoelliptic operators on Carnot manifolds -- manifolds whose Lie algebra of vector fields is equipped with a filtration induced from sub-bundles of the tangent bundle. A Heisenberg pseudodifferential operator, elliptic in the calculus of van Erp-Yuncken, is hypoelliptic and Fredholm. Under some geometric conditions, we compute its Fredholm index by means of operator $K$-theory. These results extend the work of Baum-van Erp (Acta Mathematica '2014) for co-oriented contact manifolds to a methodology for solving this index problem geometrically on Carnot manifolds. Under the assumption that the Carnot manifold is regular, i.e. has isomorphic osculating Lie algebras in all fibres, and admits a flat coadjoint orbit, the methodology derived from Baum-van Erp's work is developed in full detail. In this case, we develope $K$-theoretical dualities computing the Fredholm index by means of geometric $K$-homology a la Baum-Douglas. The duality involves a Hilbert space bundle of flat orbit representations. Explicit solutions to the index problem for Toeplitz operators and operators of the form "$Delt{a}_H+gammaT$" are computed in geometric $K$-homology, extending results of Boutet de Monvel and Baum-van Erp, respectively, from co-oriented contact manifolds to regular polycontact manifolds.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nilpotent and solvable Lie groups (22E25) Noncommutative geometry (à la Connes) (58B34) Ext and (K)-homology (19K33) Index theory (19K56) Other special differential geometries (53A40) Noncommutative global analysis, noncommutative residues (58J42) Pseudodifferential and Fourier integral operators on manifolds (58J40)

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