The computation of \(\eta\)-invariants on manifolds with free circle action (Q1577660)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1496040
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The computation of \(\eta\)-invariants on manifolds with free circle action
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1496040

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    The computation of \(\eta\)-invariants on manifolds with free circle action (English)
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    6 April 2003
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    In this paper the author considers a Riemannian spin-manifold \(M\) of positive scalar curvature carrying a free and isometric circle action of the circle \({\mathbf S}^1\) with geodesic orbits. He explicitly computes the \(\eta\)-invariant of twisted Dirac operators on \(M\), by a computation which is based upon the index theorem. As a first application he lists the explicit result for the (generalized) Berger spheres of dimension less than or equal to 11, and as a second application he derives a formula for the adiabatic limit of \(\eta\)-invariants.
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    spin-manifolds
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    Dirac operators
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    \(\eta\)-invariants
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    circle action
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