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Abstract In this paper, we establish a precise connection between higher rho invariants and delocalized eta invariants. Given an element in a discrete group, if its conjugacy class has polynomial growth, then there is a natural trace map on the $$K_0$$-group of its group $$C^\ast$$-algebra. For each such trace map, we construct a determinant map on secondary higher invariants. We show that, under the evaluation of this determinant map, the image of a higher rho invariant is precisely the corresponding delocalized eta invariant of Lott. As a consequence, we show that if the Baum–Connes conjecture holds for a group, then Lott’s delocalized eta invariants take values in algebraic numbers. We also generalize Lott’s delocalized eta invariant to the case where the corresponding conjugacy class does not have polynomial growth, provided that the strong Novikov conjecture holds for the group.
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Sub-Riemannian Limit of the Differential Form Heat Kernels of Contact Manifolds
Abstract We study the behavior of the heat kernel of the Hodge Laplacian on a contact manifold endowed with a family of Riemannian metrics that blow-up the directions transverse to the contact distribution. We apply this to analyze the behavior of global spectral invariants such as the $$\eta $$-invariant and the determinant of the Laplacian. In particular, we prove that contact versions of the relative $$\eta $$-invariant and the relative analytic torsion are equal to their Riemannian analogues and hence topological.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1711325
- PAR ID:
- 10204021
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Mathematics Research Notices
- ISSN:
- 1073-7928
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1093/imrn/rnaa270
