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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807402203321

Autore

Eichhorn Jurgen

Titolo

Relative index theory, determinants and torsion for open manifolds / / Jurgen Eichhorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44167-1

9786612441677

981-277-145-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

516.07

Soggetti

Index theory (Mathematics)

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I Absolute invariants for open manifoldsand bundles; II Non-linear Sobolev structures; III The heat kernel of generalized Diracoperators; IV Trace class properties; V Relative index theory; VI Relative (-functions, 1]-functions, determinants and torsion; VII Scattering theory for manifolds with injectivity radius zero; References; List of notations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For closed manifolds, there is a highly elaborated theory of number-valued invariants, attached to the underlying manifold, structures and differential operators. On open manifolds, nearly all of this fails, with the exception of some special classes. The goal of this monograph is to establish for open manifolds, structures and differential operators an applicable theory of number-valued relative invariants. This is of great use in the theory of moduli spaces for nonlinear partial differential equations and mathematical physics. The book is self-contained: in particular, it contains an outline