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Type II Spectral Flow and the Eta Invariant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Jerome Kaminker  and
Vicumpriya Perera
Jerome Kaminker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences IUPUI 402 N. Blackford St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-3216 USA, email: kaminker@math.iupui.edu
Vicumpriya Perera
Affiliation:
Kent State University Trumbull Campus 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW Warren, OH 44483 USA, email: pererav@trumbell.kent.edu
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Abstract

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The relative eta invariant of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer will be shown to be expressible in terms of the notion of Type I and Type II spectral flow.

Keywords

19K5646L80
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2000 , pp. 69 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2000

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