The author presents an alternate proof of the Bismut-Zhang localization formula of η invariants, when the target manifold is a sphere, by using ideas of mod k index theory instead of the difficult analytic localizati...The author presents an alternate proof of the Bismut-Zhang localization formula of η invariants, when the target manifold is a sphere, by using ideas of mod k index theory instead of the difficult analytic localization techniques of Bismut-Lebeau. As a consequence, it is shown that the R/Z part of the analytically defined η invariant of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for a Dirac operator on an odd dimensional closed spin manifold can be expressed purely geometrically through a stable Chern-Simons current on a higher dimensional sphere. As a preliminary application, the author discusses the relation with the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer R/Z index theorem for unitary flat vector bundles, and proves an R refinement in the case where the Dirac operator is replaced by the Signature operator.展开更多
The author presents an extension of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer invariant for unitary representations [2,3] to the non-unitary case, as well as to the case where the base manifold admits certain finer structures. In part...The author presents an extension of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer invariant for unitary representations [2,3] to the non-unitary case, as well as to the case where the base manifold admits certain finer structures. In particular, when the base manifold has a fibration structure, a Riemann-Roch theorem for these invariants is established by computing the adiabatic limits of the associated η-invariants.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Cheung-Kong Scholarshipthe Key Laboratory of Pure MathematicsCombinatorics of the Ministry of Education of Chinathe 973 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
文摘The author presents an alternate proof of the Bismut-Zhang localization formula of η invariants, when the target manifold is a sphere, by using ideas of mod k index theory instead of the difficult analytic localization techniques of Bismut-Lebeau. As a consequence, it is shown that the R/Z part of the analytically defined η invariant of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for a Dirac operator on an odd dimensional closed spin manifold can be expressed purely geometrically through a stable Chern-Simons current on a higher dimensional sphere. As a preliminary application, the author discusses the relation with the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer R/Z index theorem for unitary flat vector bundles, and proves an R refinement in the case where the Dirac operator is replaced by the Signature operator.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China the Cheung-Kong Scholarship of the Ministry of Education of China the Qiu Shi Foundation and the 973 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
文摘The author presents an extension of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer invariant for unitary representations [2,3] to the non-unitary case, as well as to the case where the base manifold admits certain finer structures. In particular, when the base manifold has a fibration structure, a Riemann-Roch theorem for these invariants is established by computing the adiabatic limits of the associated η-invariants.
