Hypoelliptic Laplacian and Bott-Chern Cohomology - A Theorem of Riemann-Roch-Grothendieck in Complex Geometry (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

The book provides the proof of a complex geometric version of a well-known result in algebraic geometry: the theorem of Riemann-Roch-Grothendieck for proper submersions. It gives an equality of cohomology classes in Bott-Chern cohomology, which is a refinement for complex manifolds of de Rham cohomology. When the manifolds are Kahler, our main result is known. A proof can be given using the elliptic Hodge theory of the fibres, its deformation via Quillen's superconnections, and a version in families of the 'fantastic cancellations' of McKean-Singer in local index theory. In the general case, this approach breaks down because the cancellations do not occur any more. One tool used in the book is a deformation of the Hodge theory of the fibres to a hypoelliptic Hodge theory, in such a way that the relevant cohomological information is preserved, and 'fantastic cancellations' do occur for the deformation. The deformed hypoelliptic Laplacian acts on the total space of the relative tangent bundle of the fibres. While the original hypoelliptic Laplacian discovered by the author can be described in terms of the harmonic oscillator along the tangent bundle and of the geodesic flow, here, the harmonic oscillator has to be replaced by a quartic oscillator. Another idea developed in the book is that while classical elliptic Hodge theory is based on the Hermitian product on forms, the hypoelliptic theory involves a Hermitian pairing which is a mild modification of intersection pairing. Probabilistic considerations play an important role, either as a motivation of some constructions, or in the proofs themselves.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Progress in Mathematics, 305
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Jean-Michel Bismut
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	203
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-00127-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Topology > Algebraic topology
LSN:	3-319-00127-2
Barcode:	9783319001272

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