08.05.2025, 16:15
– Haus 9, Raum 1.22
Forschungsseminar Differentialgeometrie
Scalar Curvature Rigidity and Higher Index Theory
Thomas Tony
Alan Carey (ANU, Adelaide)
In condensed matter theory physicists have speculated on the relationshipbetween spectral flow and the Fredholm index in situations where the operators in question have essential spectrum and may not even be Fredholm. I will explain how their puzzles might be answered.