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The Atiyah Patodi Singer signature formula for measured foliations

Differential Geometry 2009-01-06 v2

Abstract

Let (X0,F0)(X_0,\mathcal{F}_0) be a compact manifold with boundary endowed with a foliation F0\mathcal{F}_0 which is assumed to be measured and transverse to the boundary. We denote by Λ\Lambda a holonomy invariant transverse measure on (X0,F0)(X_0,\mathcal{F}_0) and by R0\mathcal{R}_0 the equivalence relation of the foliation. Let (X,F)(X,\mathcal{F}) be the corresponding manifold with cylindrical end and extended foliation with equivalence relation R\mathcal{R}. In the first part of this work we prove a formula for the L2L^2-Λ\Lambda index of a longitudinal Dirac-type operator DFD^{\mathcal{F}} on XX in the spirit of Alain Connes' non commutative geometry indL2,Λ(DF,+)=<A^(TF)Ch(E/S),CΛ>+1/2[ηΛ(DF)hΛ++hΛ].ind_{L^2,\Lambda}(D^{\mathcal{F},+}) = <\hat{A}(T\mathcal{F})Ch(E/S),C_\Lambda> + 1/2[\eta_\Lambda(D^{\mathcal{F}_\partial}) - h^+_{\Lambda} + h^-_{\Lambda}].

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@article{arxiv.0901.0143,
  title  = {The Atiyah Patodi Singer signature formula for measured foliations},
  author = {Paolo Antonini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.0143},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Ph.D Thesis, La Sapienza Rome