Index and determinant of commuting n -tuples of operators
Ryszard Nest (Copenhagen University)
9:30 am to 10:30 am, Mar 26th, 2015 A1510, Science Building
Abstract:
Suppose that A=(A1,…An) is an n-tuple of commuting operators on a Hilbert space and f=(f1,…,fn) is an n-tuple of functions holomorphic in a neighbourhood of the (Taylor) spectrum of A. The n-tuple of operators f(A)=(f1(A1,…,An),…,fn(A1,…,An)) give rise to a complex K(f(A),H) , its so called Koszul complex, which is Fredholm whenever f−1(0) does not intersect the essential spectrum of A .
Given that f satisfies the above condition, we will give a local formulae for the index and determinant of K(f(A),H) . The index formula is a generalisation of the fact that the winding number of a continuous nowhere zero function f on the unit circle is, in the case when it has a holomorphic extension ˜f to the interior of the disc, equal to the number of zero's of ˜f counted with multiplicity.
The explicit local formula for the determinant ofK(f(A),H) can be seen as an extension of the Tate tame symbol to, in general, singular complex curves.
The explicit local formula for the determinant of
About the speaker:
Ryszard Nest is a professor at Copenhagen University. He is also the head of the research group in non-commutative geometry.
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