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Differential forms and the Wodzicki residue

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Operator Algebras

Abstract

For a pseudodifferential operator SS of order 0 acting on sections of a vector bundle BB on a compact manifold MM without boundary, we associate a differential form of order dimension of MM acting on C(M)×C(M)C^\infty(M)\times C^\infty(M). This differential form Ωn,S\Omega_{n,S} is given in terms of the Wodzicki 1-density \wres([S,f][S,h])\wres([S,f][S,h]). In the particular case of an even dimensional, compact, conformal manifold without boundary, we study this differential form for the case (B,S)=(\cH,F)(B,S)=(\cH,F), that is, the Fredholm module associated by A. Connes to the manifold M.M. We give its explicit expression in the flat case and then we address the general case.

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@article{arxiv.math/0211361,
  title  = {Differential forms and the Wodzicki residue},
  author = {William J. Ugalde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0211361},
  year   = {2007}
}

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20 pages