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Index type invariants for twisted signature complexes and homotopy invariance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2014
Abstract
For a closed, oriented, odd dimensional manifold X, we define the rho invariant ρ(X,${\cal E}$,H) for the twisted odd signature operator valued in a flat hermitian vector bundle ${\cal E}$, where H = ∑ ij+1H2j+1 is an odd-degree closed differential form on X and H2j+1 is a real-valued differential form of degree 2j+1. We show that ρ(X,${\cal E}$,H) is independent of the choice of metrics on X and ${\cal E}$ and of the representative H in the cohomology class [H]. We establish some basic functorial properties of the twisted rho invariant. We express the twisted eta invariant in terms of spectral flow and the usual eta invariant. In particular, we get a simple expression for it on closed oriented 3-dimensional manifolds with a degree three flux form. A core technique used is our analogue of the Atiyah–Patodi–Singer theorem, which we establish for the twisted signature operator on a compact, oriented manifold with boundary. The homotopy invariance of the rho invariant ρ(X,${\cal E}$,H) is more delicate to establish, and is settled under further hypotheses on the fundamental group of X.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , May 2014 , pp. 473 - 503
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