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Signatures for $J$-hermitians and $J$-unitaries on Krein spaces with Real structures

Mathematical Physics 2016-01-18 v1 math.MP

Abstract

For JJ-hermitian operators on a Krein space (K,J)(\mathcal{K},J) satisfying an adequate Fredholm property, a global Krein signature is shown to be a homotopy invariant. It is argued that this global signature is a generalization of the Noether index. When the Krein space has a supplementary Real structure, the sets of JJ-hermitian Fredholm operators with Real symmetry can be retracted to certain of the classifying spaces of Atiyah and Singer. Secondary Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-invariants are introduced to label their connected components. Related invariants are also analyzed for JJ-unitary operators.

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@article{arxiv.1601.03992,
  title  = {Signatures for $J$-hermitians and $J$-unitaries on Krein spaces with Real structures},
  author = {Hermann Schulz-Baldes and Carlos Villegas-Blas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03992},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

This paper contains and considerably extends the analysis of version 1 of arXiv:1306.1816. The new version 2 of arXiv:1306.1816 only contains the applications