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The Eta Invariant and Non-Singular Bilinear Products on Rn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Peter B. Gilkey
Peter B. Gilkey*
Affiliation:
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Abstract

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Milnor showed that non-singular bilinear products on Rn exist only if n = 1, 2, 4, 8 using topological methods. In this note, we give a proof of this result by purely analytical methods.

Keywords

58G12Eta InvariantPinccomplexnon-singular bilinear forms
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , 01 June 1987 , pp. 147 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1987

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