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Foliations, C* algebras and index theory
Part I of this course describes the classical approach to characteristic classes for foliations. This include the Chern-Weil type construction, Bott’s vanishing theorem, the Godbillon-Vey class, and the Gelfand-Fuks cohomological realization. Part II is devoted to the non-commutative approach to characteristic classes of foliations, via transverse Hopf symmetry and Hopf-cyclic cohomology. The main application discussed is the index theorem for transversely hypoelliptic operators on foliations. In part III Bott periodicity in its classical form and in its Banach algebra are discussed. An outline of characteristic classes leading to the Atiyah-Singer formula are presented next. The Atiyah-Singer formula is proved as a corollary of Bott periodicity. At the end, the index theorem for families of elliptic operators is developed. |
Part I, II
Henri Moscovici
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Clarifications for the last lectures
Henri Moscovici
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Part III
Paul Baum
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Dirac operators and Spin structures
Paul Baum
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The exam was on 12th June 2005. It consisted of the written part (six exercises) and oral part. In the oral part each student had to answer two questions: easy one and difficult one (chosen from the two difficult questions). Three students (on the graduate and undergraduate level) passed the exam. |
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