Signatures for $J$-hermitians and $J$-unitaries on Krein spaces with Real structures
Mathematical Physics
2016-01-18 v1 math.MP
Abstract
For -hermitian operators on a Krein space 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 -hermitian Fredholm operators with Real symmetry can be retracted to certain of the classifying spaces of Atiyah and Singer. Secondary -invariants are introduced to label their connected components. Related invariants are also analyzed for -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