Periodicity and the determinant bundle

Details Periodicity and the determinant bundle Periodicity and the determinant bundle

2006-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/math/0606382v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

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10.1007/s00220-007-0277-4

The infinite matrix `Schwartz' group $G^{-\infty}$ is a classifying group for odd K-theory and carries Chern classes in each odd dimension, generating the cohomology. These classes are closely related to the Fredholm determinant on $G^{-\infty}.$ We show that while the higher (even, Schwartz) loop groups of $G^{-\infty},$ again classifying for odd K-theory, do \emph{not} carry multiplicative determinants generating the first Chern class, `dressed' extensions, corresponding to a star product, do carry such functions. We use these to discuss Bott periodicity for the determinant bundle and the eta invariant. In so doing we relate two distinct extensions of the eta invariant, to self-adjoint elliptic operators and to elliptic invertible suspended families and show that the corresponding $\tau$ invariant is a determinant in this sense.

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