The spectral localizer for even index pairings

DOI10.4171/JNCG/357zbMATH Open1441.19011arXiv1802.04517OpenAlexW3006554784MaRDI QIDQ784872FDOQ784872

Authors: Terry A. Loring, Hermann Schulz-Baldes 

Publication date: 3 August 2020

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

Abstract: Even index pairings are integer-valued homotopy invariants combining an even Fredholm module with a $K_0$-class specified by a projection. Numerous classical examples are known from differential and non-commutative geometry and physics. Here it is shown how to construct a finite dimensional selfadjoint and invertible matrix, called the spectral localizer, such that half its signature is equal to the even index pairing. This makes the invariant numerically accessible. The index-theoretic proof heavily uses fuzzy spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.04517

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zbMATH Keywords

index pairingsfuzzy spheresnumerical \(K\)-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Index theory (19K56)

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