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Spectral asymmetry and Riemannian geometry. II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. F. Atiyah ,
V. K. Patodi  and
I. M. Singer
M. F. Atiyah
Affiliation:
Oxford University Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bombay Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
V. K. Patodi
Affiliation:
Oxford University Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bombay Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
I. M. Singer
Affiliation:
Oxford University Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bombay Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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In Part I of this paper (6) we proved various index theorems for manifolds with boundary including an extension of the Hirzebruch signature theorem. We now propose to investigate the geometric and topological implications of these theorems in a variety of contexts.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , November 1975 , pp. 405 - 432
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1975

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