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On the noncommutative spectral flow

Operator Algebras 2007-07-21 v4 Functional Analysis K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We define and study the noncommutative spectral flow for paths of regular selfadjoint Fredholm operators on a countably generated Hilbert C*-module. We give an axiomatic description and discuss some applications. One of them is the definition of a noncommutative Maslov index for paths of Lagrangians which appears in a splitting formula for the spectral flow. Analogously we study the spectral flow for odd operators on a graded module.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602110,
  title  = {On the noncommutative spectral flow},
  author = {Charlotte Wahl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602110},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

48 pages, 1 figure; statement of Prop. 3.7 generalized, discussion of references updated, minor changes