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We generalize Roe's Index Theorem for operators of Dirac type on open manifolds to elliptic pseudodifferential operators. To this end we introduce a class of pseudodifferential operators on manifolds of bounded geometry which is more…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-30 Alexander Engel

In this paper, we show that the semiclassical calculus recently developed on nilpotent Lie groups and nilmanifolds include the functional calculus of suitable subelliptic operators. Moreover, we obtain Weyl laws for these operators. Amongst…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Véronique Fischer , Søren Mikkelsen

We introduce and study the index morphism for G-invariant leafwise G-transversally elliptic operators on smooth closed foliated manifolds which are endowed with leafwise actions of the compact group G. We prove the usual axioms of excision,…

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We study the Dirichlet problem at infinity on a Cartan-Hadamard manifold for a large class of operators containing in particular the p-Laplacian and the minimal graph operator.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Jean-Baptiste Casteras , Ilkka Holopainen , Jaime B. Ripoll

We use an index-theoretic technique of Hitchin to show that the space of complete Riemannian metrics of nonnegative sectional curvature on certain open spin manifolds has nontrivial homotopy groups in infinitely many degrees. A new…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Igor Belegradek

We develop elliptic theory of operators associated with a diffeomorphism of a closed smooth manifold. The aim of the present paper is to obtain an index formula for such operators in terms of topological invariants of the manifold and of…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2015-11-06 Anton Savin , Boris Sternin

The index of a Lie algebra is an important invariant which arises in several areas, e.g. in the study of coadjoint orbits for a Lie group, in invariant theory and in representation theory. We study the index for several classes of nilpotent…

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We study second-order elliptic partial differential operators acting on sections of vector bundles over a compact manifold with boundary with a non-scalar positive definite leading symbol. Such operators, called non-Laplace type operators,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-02-17 Ivan G. Avramidi

We develop a general structure theory for compact homogeneous Riemannian manifolds in relation to the co-index of symmetry. We will then use these results to classify irreducible, simply connected, compact homogeneous Riemannian manifolds…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Jurgen Berndt , Carlos Olmos , Silvio Reggiani

We investigate elliptic operators with a symmetry that forces their index to vanish. We study the secondary index, defined modulo 2. We examine Callias-type operators with this symmetry on non-compact manifolds and establish mod 2 versions…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Maxim Braverman , Ahmad Reza Haj Saeedi Sadegh

We revisit the cohomological index theorem for elliptic elements in the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie groupoid previously proved by the authors. We prove a Thom isomorphism for Lie algebroids which enables us to rewrite the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-08-02 M. J. Pflaum , H. Posthuma , X. Tang

The purpose of this paper is to study algebras of singular integral operators on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ and nilpotent Lie groups that arise when one considers the composition of Calder\'on-Zygmund operators with different homogeneities, such as…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-19 Alexander Nagel , Fulvio Ricci , Elias M. Stein , Stephen Wainger

We construct and study the intrinsic sub-Laplacian, defined outside the set of characteristic points, for a smooth hypersurface embedded in a contact sub-Riemannian manifold. We prove that, away from characteristic points, the intrinsic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-27 Davide Barilari , Karen Habermann

We generalize Roe's index theorem for graded generalized Dirac operators on amenable manifolds to multigraded elliptic uniform pseudodifferential operators. The generalization will follow from a local index theorem that is valid on any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-07 Alexander Engel

We study the index theory of a class of perturbed Dirac operators on non-compact manifolds of the form $\mathsf{D}+\mathrm{i}\mathsf{c}(X)$, where $\mathsf{c}(X)$ is a Clifford multiplication operator by an orbital vector field with respect…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2021-01-15 Yiannis Loizides , Rudy Rodsphon , Yanli Song

When the index bundle of a longitudinal Dirac type operator is transversely smooth, we define its Chern character in Haefliger cohomology and relate it to the Chern character of the $K-$theory index. This result gives a concrete connection…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Moulay Benameur , James Heitsch

Hypergraphs extend traditional graphs by enabling the representation of N-ary relationships through higher-order edges. Akin to a common approach of deriving graph Laplacians, we define function spaces and corresponding symmetric products…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Jo Andersson Stokke , Ronny Bergmann , Martin Hanik , Christoph von Tycowicz

In this paper we use the notion of operator-valued symbol in order to compute the index of Toeplitz operators on compact Lie groups. Our approach combines the Connes index theorem and the infinite-dimensional operator-valued symbolic…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Duván Cardona

In this paper we continue the study of the superconformal index of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories of class $\mathcal{S}$ in the presence of surface defects. Our main result is the construction of an algebra of difference…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-16 Mathew Bullimore , Martin Fluder , Lotte Hollands , Paul Richmond