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An index theorem for Lorentzian manifolds with compact spacelike Cauchy boundary
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posted on 2019-09-20, 11:11 authored by Christian Baer, Alexander StrohmaierWe show that the Dirac operator on a compact globally hyperbolic Lorentzian spacetime with spacelike Cauchy boundary is a Fredholm operator if appropriate boundary conditions are imposed. We prove that the index of this operator is given by the same expression as in the index formula of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for Riemannian manifolds with boundary. The index is also shown to equal that of a certain operator constructed from the evolution operator and a spectral projection on the boundary. In case the metric is of product type near the boundary a Feynman parametrix is constructed.
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American Journal of MathematicsVolume
141Issue
5Pages
1421 - 1455Citation
BÄR, C. and STROHMAIER, A., 2018. An index theorem for Lorentzian manifolds with compact spacelike Cauchy boundary. American Journal of Mathematics, In Press.Publisher
Johns Hopkins University PressVersion
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© 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in American Journal of Mathematics.ISSN
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