Index and secondary index theory for flat bundles with duality

2001/06/10 by Ulrich Bunke, U. Bunke, X. Ma +3
Mathematics · Medicine · #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications #math.DG #msc:58J28

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0106068

13 pages (Replacement of the wrong file by the correct one)

arxiv created 2001/06/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We discuss some aspects of index and secondary index theory for flat bundles with duality. This theory was first developed by J. Lott. Our main purpose in the present paper is to provide a modification with better functorial properties.

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