L^2-index formula for proper cocompact group actions

DOI10.4171/JNCG/160MaRDI QIDQ744413zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Hang Wang

Publication date 25 September 2014

Published in Journal of Noncommutative Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4542

zbMATH Keywords

\(L^2\) indexG-traceheat kernelKK-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory (19K56) Exotic index theories on manifolds (58J22) Heat and other parabolic equation methods for PDEs on manifolds (58J35)

Abstract: We study the index of the $G$-invariant elliptic pseudo-differential operator acting on a complete Riemannian manifold, where a unimodular, locally compact group $G$ acts properly and cocompactly. An $L^2$-index formula was obtained using the heat kernel method.

Review text

The author generalizes results of \textit{M. F. Atiyah} [Astérisque 32-33, 43-72 (1976; Zbl 0323.58015)] and \textit{A. Connes} and \textit{H. Moscovici} [Ann. Math. (2) 115, 291--330 (1982; Zbl 0515.58031)] by proving an \(L^{2}\)-index theorem for elliptic pseudodifferential operators invariant under a proper cocompact action of a unimodular locally compact group. The proof relies on applying heat kernel methods to an invariant operator of Dirac type in order to evaluate a type II trace. The \(L^{2}\)-index map factors through equivariant \(K\)-homology, where results of G. Kasparov show that the operator's class can be represented by an operator of Dirac type.

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