American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2010, 17: 138-154. doi: 10.3934/era.2010.17.138

The equivariant index theorem for transversally elliptic operators and the basic index theorem for Riemannian foliations

 1 Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States 3 Department of Mathematics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, United States

Received  August 2010 Revised  October 2010 Published  December 2010

In this expository paper, we explain a formula for the multiplicities of the index of an equivariant transversally elliptic operator on a $G$-manifold. The formula is a sum of integrals over blowups of the strata of the group action and also involves eta invariants of associated elliptic operators. Among the applications is an index formula for basic Dirac operators on Riemannian foliations, a problem that was open for many years.
Citation: Jochen Brüning, Franz W. Kamber, Ken Richardson. The equivariant index theorem for transversally elliptic operators and the basic index theorem for Riemannian foliations. Electronic Research Announcements, 2010, 17: 138-154. doi: 10.3934/era.2010.17.138
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Kamber, Transversal Dirac families in Riemannian foliations,, Comm. Math. Phys., 140 (1991), 217.  doi: 10.1007/BF02099498.  Google Scholar [18] A. Gorokhovsky and J. Lott, The index of a transverse Dirac-type operator: The case of abelian Molino sheaf,, preprint \arXiv{1005.0161v2} [math.DG]., ().   Google Scholar [19] G. Habib and K. Richardson, A brief note on the spectrum of the basic Dirac operator,, Bull. London Math. Soc., 41 (2009), 683.  doi: 10.1112/blms/bdp042.  Google Scholar [20] F. W. Kamber and K. Richardson, $G$-equivariant vector bundles on manifolds of one orbit type,, preprint., ().   Google Scholar [21] F. W. Kamber and Ph. Tondeur, "Foliated Bundles and Characteristic Classes,", Lecture Notes in Math. \textbf{493}, 493 (1975).   Google Scholar [22] F. W. Kamber and Ph. Tondeur, Foliations and metrics,, Differential geometry (College Park, 32 (1981), 103.   Google Scholar [23] F. W. Kamber and Ph. 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Reinhart, "Differential Geometry of Foliations -- The Fundamental Integrability Problem,", Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete [Results in Mathematics and Related Areas], (1983).   Google Scholar [31] Ph. Tondeur, "Geometry of Foliations,", Monographs in Mathematics, 90 (1997).   Google Scholar
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