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Local formula for the index of a Fourier Integral Operator

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Analysis of PDEs Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We show that the index of an elliptic Fourier integral operator associated to a contact diffeomorphism ϕ\phi of cosphere bundles of two Riemannian manifolds X and Y is given by BXA^(TX)expθBYA^(TY)expθ\int_{B^*X}\hat{A}(T^*X)\exp{\theta} - \int_{B^*Y}\hat{A}(T^*Y)\exp{\theta}. Here BB^* stands for the unit coball bundle and θ\theta is a certain characteristic class depending on the principal symbol of the Fourier integral operator. In the special case when X=Y we obtain a different proof of the theorem of Epstein and Melrose.

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@article{arxiv.math/0004022,
  title  = {Local formula for the index of a Fourier Integral Operator},
  author = {Eric Leichtnam and Ryszard Nest and Boris Tsygan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0004022},
  year   = {2007}
}

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25 pages, preprint