scholarly journals Equivariant Callias index theory via coarse geometry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-44
Author(s):  
Hao Guo ◽  
Peter Hochs ◽  
Varghese Mathai
Keyword(s):  
Index Theory ◽  
Coarse Geometry

scholarly journals Coarse Geometry and Index Theory

2001 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Shingo Kamimura
Keyword(s):  
Index Theory ◽  
Coarse Geometry

scholarly journals Lifting coarse homotopies

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Weighill
Keyword(s):  
Group Theory ◽  
Fundamental Group ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Homotopy Theory ◽  
Index Theory ◽  
Geometric Group Theory ◽  
Coarse Geometry ◽  
Discontinuous Group ◽  
Negatively Curved ◽  
Develop Theory

Abstract Coarse geometry, and in particular coarse homotopy theory, has proven to be a powerful tool for approaching problems in geometric group theory and higher index theory. In this paper,we continue to develop theory in this area by proving a Coarse Lifting Lemma with respect to a certain class of bornologous surjective maps. This class is wide enough to include quotients by coarsely discontinuous group actions, which allows us to obtain results concerning the coarse fundamental group of quotients which are analogous to classical topological results for the fundamental group. As an application, we compute the fundamental group of metric cones over negatively curved compact Riemannian manifolds.

Higher Index Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufus Willett ◽  
Guoliang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Index Theory

Hypoelliptic Laplacian and Orbital Integrals (AM-177)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Bismut
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Symmetric Space ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Geodesic Flow ◽  
Casimir Operator ◽  
Index Theory ◽  
Weighted Sum ◽  
Orbital Integrals ◽  
Hypoelliptic Heat Kernel ◽  
Wave Kernel

This book uses the hypoelliptic Laplacian to evaluate semisimple orbital integrals in a formalism that unifies index theory and the trace formula. The hypoelliptic Laplacian is a family of operators that is supposed to interpolate between the ordinary Laplacian and the geodesic flow. It is essentially the weighted sum of a harmonic oscillator along the fiber of the tangent bundle, and of the generator of the geodesic flow. In this book, semisimple orbital integrals associated with the heat kernel of the Casimir operator are shown to be invariant under a suitable hypoelliptic deformation, which is constructed using the Dirac operator of Kostant. Their explicit evaluation is obtained by localization on geodesics in the symmetric space, in a formula closely related to the Atiyah-Bott fixed point formulas. Orbital integrals associated with the wave kernel are also computed. Estimates on the hypoelliptic heat kernel play a key role in the proofs, and are obtained by combining analytic, geometric, and probabilistic techniques. Analytic techniques emphasize the wavelike aspects of the hypoelliptic heat kernel, while geometrical considerations are needed to obtain proper control of the hypoelliptic heat kernel, especially in the localization process near the geodesics. Probabilistic techniques are especially relevant, because underlying the hypoelliptic deformation is a deformation of dynamical systems on the symmetric space, which interpolates between Brownian motion and the geodesic flow. The Malliavin calculus is used at critical stages of the proof.

scholarly journals Positive solutions of a discrete second-order boundary value problems with fully nonlinear term

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liyun Jin ◽  
Hua Luo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Solutions ◽  
Fixed Point Index ◽  
Nonlinear Term ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Index Theory ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Fully Nonlinear ◽  
Fixed Point Index Theory ◽  
Weaker Conditions ◽  
Lower Limits

Abstract In this paper, we mainly consider a kind of discrete second-order boundary value problem with fully nonlinear term. By using the fixed-point index theory, we obtain some existence results of positive solutions of this kind of problems. Instead of the upper and lower limits condition on f, we may only impose some weaker conditions on f.

scholarly journals Expected Genetic Contributions and Their Impact on Gene Flow and Genetic Gain

Genetics ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 153 (2) ◽  
pp. 1009-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Woolliams ◽  
P Bijma ◽  
B Villanueva
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Gain ◽  
Overlapping Generations ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Index Theory ◽  
Previous Theory ◽  
Selection Indices ◽  
Breeding Groups ◽  
Genetic Contributions

Abstract Long-term genetic contributions (ri) measure lasting gene flow from an individual i. By accounting for linkage disequilibrium generated by selection both within and between breeding groups (categories), assuming the infinitesimal model, a general formula was derived for the expected contribution of ancestor i in category q (μi(q)), given its selective advantages (si(q)). Results were applied to overlapping generations and to a variety of modes of inheritance and selection indices. Genetic gain was related to the covariance between ri and the Mendelian sampling deviation (ai), thereby linking gain to pedigree development. When si(q) includes ai, gain was related to E[μi(q)ai], decomposing it into components attributable to within and between families, within each category, for each element of si(q). The formula for μi(q) was consistent with previous index theory for predicting gain in discrete generations. For overlapping generations, accurate predictions of gene flow were obtained among and within categories in contrast to previous theory that gave qualitative errors among categories and no predictions within. The generation interval was defined as the period for which μi(q), summed over all ancestors born in that period, equaled 1. Predictive accuracy was supported by simulation results for gain and contributions with sib-indices, BLUP selection, and selection with imprinted variation.

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