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A $\mathbb Z_2$-harmonic spinor on a 3-manifold $Y$ is a solution of the Dirac equation on a bundle that is twisted around a submanifold $\mathcal Z$ of codimension 2 called the singular set. This article investigates the local structure of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Gregory J. Parker

In this paper, we use localization algebras to study higher rho invariants of closed spin manifolds with positive scalar curvature metrics. The higher rho invariant is a secondary invariant and is closely related to positive scalar…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2014-05-21 Zhizhang Xie , Guoliang Yu

For spin manifolds with boundary we consider Riemannian metrics which are product near the boundary and are such that the corresponding Dirac operator is invertible when half-infinite cylinders are attached at the boundary. The main result…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-19 Mattias Dahl , Nadine Große

Positiveness of scalar curvature and Ricci curvature requires vanishing the obstruction $\theta(M)$ which is computed in some KK-theory of C*-algebras index as a pairing of spin Dirac operator and Mishchenko bundle associated to the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2017-05-09 Do Ngoc Diep

We prove that the nodal set (zero set) of a solution of a generalized Dirac equation on a Riemannian manifold has codimension 2 at least. If the underlying manifold is a surface, then the nodal set is discrete. We obtain a quick proof of…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Christian Baer

This article is concerned with the analysis of Dirac operators $D$ twisted by ramified Euclidean line bundles $(Z,\mathfrak{l})$-motivated by their relation with harmonic $\mathbf{Z}/2\mathbf{Z}$ spinors, which have appeared in various…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Gorapada Bera , Thomas Walpuski

We approach the problem of finding obstructions to curvature distinguished Riemannian metrics by considering Lorentzian metrics to which they are dual in a suitable sense. Obstructions to the latter then yield obstructions to the former.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Amir Babak Aazami

We show that if a countable discrete group acts properly and isometrically on a spin manifold of bounded Riemannian geometry and uniformly positive scalar curvature, then, under a suitable condition on the group action, the maximal higher…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Hao Guo , Zhizhang Xie , Guoliang Yu

We study closedness of the range, adjointability and generalized invertibility of modular operators between Hilbert modules over locally C*-algebras of coefficients. Our investigations and the recent results of M. Frank [Characterizing…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2011-08-31 Kamran Sharifi

The Dirac operator for a manifold Q, and its chirality operator when Q is even dimensional, have a central role in noncommutative geometry. We systematically develop the theory of this operator when Q=G/H, where G and H are compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. P. Balachandran , Giorgio Immirzi , Joohan Lee , Peter Presnajder

We assume that the manifold with boundary, X, has a Spin_C-structure with spinor bundle S. Along the boundary, this structure agrees with the structure defined by an infinite order integrable almost complex structure and the metric is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-09 Charles L. Epstein

Let $\cal M$ be a Banach C*-module over a C*-algebra $A$ carrying two $A$-valued inner products $< .,. >_1$, $<.,. >_2$ which induce equivalent to the given one norms on $\cal M$. Then the appropriate unital C*-algebras of adjointable…

funct-an · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Michael Frank

We study the clustering of the lowest non negative eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a general Dirac bundle when the metric structure is varied. In the classical case we show that any closed spin manifold of dimension greater than or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-22 Simone Farinelli

We show that knowledge of the source-to-solution map for the fractional Dirac operator acting over sections of a Hermitian vector bundle over a smooth closed connencted Riemannian manifold of dimension $m\geq 2$ determines uniquely the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Hadrian Quan , Gunther Uhlmann

We look at smooth manifolds equipped with a possibly singular Riemannian metric. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of scalar curvature measures and Dirac operators.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-24 John Lott

It is well-known that spin structures and Dirac operators play a crucial role in the study of positive scalar curvature metrics (psc-metrics) on compact manifolds. Here we consider a class of non-spin manifolds with "almost spin" structure,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Boris Botvinnik , Jonathan Rosenberg

This is a survey article on a known generalization of Dirac-type operators to transverse operators called basic Dirac operators on Riemannian foliations, which are smooth foliations that have a transverse geometric structure. Construction…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-01 Ken Richardson

The main result of this article is a Llarull-type rigidity statement for scalar curvature on Riemannian spin manifolds with cone-like singularities in odd dimensions. The even dimensional analog was proven in an earlier work together with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Lukas Schoenlinner

We show that for a suitable class of ``Dirac-like'' operators there holds a Gluing Theorem for connected sums. More precisely, if $M_1$ and $M_2$ are closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $n\ge 3$ together with such operators, then the…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Christian Baer

In this paper we interpret the integrability of the Dirac structures on some Hilbert C*-modules in terms of an automorphism group. This is the group of orthogonal transformations on the Hilbert C*-module of sections of a Hermitian vector…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-03-16 Vida Milani , Seyed M. H. Mansourbeigi , Hassan Arianpoor