$G$-Homotopy Invariance of the Analytic Signature of Proper Co-compact $G$-manifolds and Equivariant Novikov Conjecture
Abstract
The main result of this paper is the $G$-homotopy invariance of the $G$-index of signature operator of proper co-compact $G$-manifolds. If proper co-compact $G$ manifolds $X$ and $Y$ are $G$-homotopy equivalent, then we prove that the images of their signature operators by the $G$-index map are the same in the $K$-theory of the $C^{*}$-algebra of the group $G$. Neither discreteness of the locally compact group $G$ nor freeness of the action of $G$ on $X$ are required, so this is a generalization of the classical case of closed manifolds. Using this result we can deduce the equivariant version of Novikov conjecture for proper co-compact $G$-manifolds from the Strong Novikov conjecture for $G$.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1709.05884
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1709.05884
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170905884F
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - K-Theory and Homology
- E-Print:
- 30 pages, Keywords. Novikov conjecture, Higher signatures, Almost flat bundles