Heat equation approach to the index theorems

Alexander Gorokhovsky
Tuesday, November 27
Differential Equations, Geometry, and Topology Seminar
1:00 pm, Mathematics 350
I will discuss the classical McKean-Singer formula expressing index of an operator in terms of heat kernel, as well as its extensions to the case of families, and (possibly) foliations.

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