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We compute the index of a Callias-type operator with APS boundary condition on a manifold with compact boundary in terms of combination of indexes of induced operators on a compact hypersurface. Our result generalizes the classical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Pengshuai Shi

We show how the index formula for manifolds with fibered boundaries can be used to compute the index of the Dirac operator on Taub-NUT space twisted by an anti-self-dual generic instanton connection.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Andres Larrain-Hubach

We compute the functional determinant for a Dirac operator in the presence of an Abelian gauge field on a bidimensional disk, under global boundary conditions of the type introduced by Atiyah-Patodi-Singer. We also discuss the connection…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-15 H. Falomir , R. E. Gamboa Saraví , E. M. Santangelo

We prove a local index theorem of Atiyah-Singer type for Dirac operators on manifolds with a Lie structure at infinity (Lie manifolds for short). With the help of a renormalized supertrace, defined on a suitable class of regularizing…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2017-04-14 Karsten Bohlen , Elmar Schrohe

We show that the R/Z part of the analytically defined eta invariant of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for a Dirac operator on an odd dimensional closed spin manifold can be expressed purely geometrically through a stable Chern-Simons current on a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Weiping Zhang

Index theorems for the Dirac operator allow one to study spinors on manifolds with boundary and torsion. We analyse the modifications of the boundary Chern-Simons correction and APS eta invariant in the presence of torsion. The bulk…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Kasper Peeters , Andrew Waldron

A Dirac operator on a complete manifold is Fredholm if it is invertible outside a compact set. Assuming a compact group to act on all relevant structure, and the manifold to have a warped product structure outside such a compact set, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-20 Peter Hochs , Hang Wang

We establish a formula for the spectral flow of a smooth family of twisted Dirac operators on a closed odd-dimensional Riemannian spin manifold, generalizing a result by Getzler. The spectral flow is expressed in terms of the $\hat{A}$-form…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Christian Baer , Remo Ziemke

The Atiyah-Patodi-Singer(APS) index theorem attracts attention for understanding physics on the surface of materials in topological phases. The mathematical set-up for this theorem is, however, not directly related to the physical fermion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-12 Hidenori Fukaya , Tetsuya Onogi , Satoshi Yamaguchi

We define an analytical index map and a topological index map for conical pseudomanifolds. These constructions generalize the analogous constructions used by Atiyah and Singer in the proof of their topological index theorem for a smooth,…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2010-05-18 Claire Debord , Jean-Marie Lescure , Victor Nistor

The Aharonov-Casher theorem is a result on the number of the so-called zero modes of a system described by the magnetic Pauli operator in $\mathbb{R}^2$. In this paper we address the same question for the Dirac operator on a flat…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Marie Fialová

The index theorem, discovered by Atiyah and Singer in 1963, is one of most important results in the twentieth century mathematics. It found numerous applications in analysis, geometry and physics. Since it was discovered numerous attempts…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-04 Maxim Braverman , Leonardo Cano

Let $D$ be a (generalized) Dirac operator on a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold $M$ acted on by a compact Lie group $G$. Let $v:M --> Lie(G)$ be an equivariant map, such that the corresponding vector field on $M$ does not vanish…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maxim Braverman

The Atiyah-Singer index theorem is a topological formula for the index of an elliptic differential operator. The topological index depends on a cohomology class that is constructed from the principal symbol of the operator. On contact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-07-28 Erik van Erp

Let $G$ be a connected, linear real reductive group and let $X$ be a cocompact $G$-proper manifold without boundary. We define delocalized eta invariants associated to a $L^2$-invertible perturbed Dirac operator $D_X+A$ with $A$ a suitable…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Paolo Piazza , Hessel Posthuma , Yanli Song , Xiang Tang

We provide a comprehensive lattice formulation of various types of the Dirac operator indices, employing $K$-theory to classify the Wilson Dirac operator via its spectral flow. In contrast to the index of the overlap Dirac operator defined…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-02-27 Shoto Aoki , Hajime Fujita , Hidenori Fukaya , Mikio Furuta , Shinichiroh Matsuo , Tetsuya Onogi , Satoshi Yamaguchi

The Atiyah-Singer index theorem, a landmark achievement of the early 1960s, brings together ideas in analysis, geometry, and topology. We recount some antecedents and motivations; various forms of the theorem; and some of its implications,…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Daniel S. Freed

We establish a mod 2 index theorem for real vector bundles over 8k+2 dimensional compact pin$^-$ manifolds. The analytic index is the reduced $\eta$ invariant of (twisted) Dirac operators and the topological index is defined through…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-12 Weiping Zhang

We show that the Wilson Dirac operator in lattice gauge theory can be identified as a mathematical object in $K$-theory and that its associated spectral flow is equal to the index. In comparison to the standard lattice Dirac operator index,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 Shoto Aoki , Hidenori Fukaya , Mikio Furuta , Shinichiroh Matsuo , Tetsuya Onogi , Satoshi Yamaguchi

This is an expository paper which gives a proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for elliptic operators. Specifcally, we compute the geometric K-cycle that corresponds to the analytic K-cycle determined by the operator. This paper and its…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-21 Paul Baum , Erik van Erp