The Euler characteristic and finiteness obstruction of manifolds with periodic ends

DOI10.4310/AJM.2006.V10.N4.A4zbMATH Open1126.58011arXivmath/0206088OpenAlexW1999312684MaRDI QIDQ997918FDOQ997918

Authors: John G. Miller 

Publication date: 8 August 2007

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let M be a complete orientable manifold of bounded geometry. Suppose that M has finitely many ends, each having a neighborhood quasi-isometric to a neighborhood of an end of an infinite cyclic covering of a compact manifold. We consider a class of exponentially weighted inner products (cdot ,cdot)_k on forms, indexed by k>0. Let delta_k be the formal adjoint of d for (cdot ,cdot)_k. It is shown that if M has finitely generated rational homology, d+delta_k is Fredholm on the weighted spaces for all sufficiently large k. The index of its restriction to even forms is the Euler characteristic of M. This result is generalized as follows. Let pi =pi_1(M) . Take d+delta_k with coefficients in the canonical C^{*}(pi) -bundle psi over M. If the chains of M with coefficients in psi are C^{*}(pi) -finitely dominated, then d+delta_k is Fredholm in the sense of Miscenko and Fomenko for all sufficiently large k. The index in ilde{K}_0(C^{*}(pi)) is related to Wall's finiteness obstruction. Examples are given where it is nonzero.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0206088

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theoryEuler characteristicindex theorycomplete manifoldWall obstructionweighted cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory (19K56) Exotic index theories on manifolds (58J22)

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