Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-169). Also available on the Internet.

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For perturbations of the Callias and Anghel type the L2-index of the perturbed Dirac operator on a Spin c -manifold is realized as the result of pairing an element in K -homology with an element of compactly supported K -cohomology. This is achieved by putting the problem of calculating the Fredholm index of the perturbed Dirac operator in the framework of KK-theory and using the identification of K-groups with KK-groups. The formula for the Fredholm index is given in terms of topological data of the Spin c-manifold and the structure of the perturbation. / Ph. D.

An elliptic theory is constructed for operators acting in subspaces defined via even pseudodifferential projections. Index formulas are obtained for operators on compact manifolds without boundary and for general boundary value problems. A connection with Gilkey's theory of η-invariants is established.

An elliptic theory is constructed for operators acting in subspaces defined via even pseudodifferential projections. Index formulas are obtained for operators on compact manifolds without boundary and for general boundary value problems. A connection with Gilkey's theory of η-invariants is established.

The paper deals with the calculation of the fractional part of the η-invariant for elliptic self-adjoint operators in topological terms. The method used to obtain the corresponding formula is based on the index theorem for elliptic operators in subspaces obtained in [1], [2]. It also utilizes K-theory with coefficients Zsub(n). In particular, it is shown that the group K(T*M,Zsub(n)) is realized by elliptic operators (symbols) acting in appropriate subspaces.

We prove a general theorem on the local property of the relative index for a wide class of Fredholm operators, including relative index theorems for elliptic operators due to Gromov-Lawson, Anghel, Teleman, Booß-Bavnbek-Wojciechowski, et al. as special cases. In conjunction with additional conditions (like symmetry conditions) this theorem permits one to compute the analytical index of a given operator. In particular, we obtain new index formulas for elliptic pseudodifferential operators and quantized canonical transformations on manifolds with conical singularities as well as for elliptic boundary value problems with a symmetry condition for the conormal symbol.

We study the homotopy classification of elliptic operators on manifolds with singularities and establish necessary and sufficient conditions under which the classification splits into terms corresponding to the principal symbol and the conormal symbol.

We construct elliptic theory in the subspaces, determined by pseudodifferential projections. The finiteness theorem as well as index formula are obtained for elliptic operators acting in the subspaces. Topological (K-theoretic) aspects of the theory are studied in detail.

We construct a new calculus of boundary value problems with the transmission property on a non-compact smooth manifold with boundary and conical exits to infinity. The symbols are classical both in covariables and variables. The operators are determined by principal symbol tuples modulo operators of lower orders and weights (such remainders are compact in weighted Sobolev spaces). We develop the concept of ellipticity, construct parametrices within the algebra and obtain the Fredholm property. For the existence of Shapiro-Lopatinskij elliptic boundary conditions to a given elliptic operator we prove an analogue of the Atiyah-Bott condition.