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A Riemann-Roch theorem for the noncommutative two torus

Quantum Algebra 2015-06-16 v1 Differential Geometry Operator Algebras

Abstract

We prove the analogue of the Riemann-Roch formula for the noncommutative two torus Aθ=C(Tθ2) A_{\theta} = C(\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^2) equipped with an arbitrary translation invariant complex structure and a Weyl factor represented by a positive element kC(Tθ2)k\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^2). We consider a topologically trivial line bundle equipped with a general holomorphic structure and the corresponding twisted Dolbeault Laplacians. We define an spectral triple (Aθ,H,D)A_{\theta}, \mathcal{H}, D) that encodes the twisted Dolbeault complex of Aθ A_{\theta} and whose index gives the left hand side of the Riemann-Roch formula. Using Connes' pseudodifferential calculus and heat equation techniques, we explicitly compute the b2b_2 terms of the asymptotic expansion of Tr(etD2)\text{Tr} (e^{-tD^2}). We find that the curvature term on the right hand side of the Riemann-Roch formula coincides with the scalar curvature of the noncommutative torus recently defined and computed in \cite{CM1} and \cite{FK2}.

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@article{arxiv.1307.5367,
  title  = {A Riemann-Roch theorem for the noncommutative two torus},
  author = {Masoud Khalkhali and Ali Moatadelro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5367},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages

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