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Thesis--Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60).

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Thesis (Ph. D. in Mathematics)--Vanderbilt University, May 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

The paper contains the proof of the index formula for manifolds with conical points. For operators subject to an additional condition of spectral symmetry, the index is expressed as the sum of multiplicities of spectral points of the conormal symbol (indicial family) and the integral from the Atiyah-Singer form over the smooth part of the manifold. The obtained formula is illustrated by the example of the Euler operator on a two-dimensional manifold with conical singular point.

The quantization of contact transformations of the cosphere bundle over a manifold with conical singularities is described. The index of Fredholm operators given by this quantization is calculated. The answer is given in terms of the Epstein-Melrose contact degree and the conormal symbol of the corresponding operator.

O objetivo principal desta dissertação é apresentar o fluxo espectral de um caminho de operadores de Fredholm auto-adjuntos em um espaço de Hilbert e suas propriedades. Pelos resultados clássicos de teoria espectral, sabemos que se H é um espaço de Hilbert e L : H &#8594 H é um operador linear, limitado e auto-adjunto, H pode ser escrito como soma direta ortogonal H+(L)&#8853 H-(L)&#8853 Ker L, onde H+(L) e H-(L) são os subespaços espectrais positivo e negativo de L, respectivamente. No trabalho damos uma definição de fluxo espectral baseada na decomposição acima, aprofundando as conexões deste conceito com a teoria espectral dos operadores de Fredholm em espaços de Hilbert. Entre as propriedades do fluxo espectral, será analisada a invariância homotópica que se apresenta em várias formas. Veremos o conceito de índice de Morse relativo, que estende o clássico índice de Morse, e sua relação com o fluxo espectral. A construção do fluxo espectral dada neste trabalho segue a abordagem de P. M. Fitzpatrick, J. Pejsachowicz e L. Recht em [9]. / The main purpose of this dissertation is to present the spectral flow of a path of selfadjoint Fredholm operators in a Hilbert space and its properties. By classical results in spectral theory, we know that, if H is a Hilbert space and L : H &#8594 H is a bounded self-adjoint linear operator, H may be written as the following orthogonal direct sum H = H+(L)&#8853 H-(L)&#8853 Ker L, where H+(L) and H-(L) are the positive and negative spectral subspaces of L, respectively. In this work we give a definition of spectral flow which is based on the above splitting, examining in depth the connection between this concept and the spectral theory of Fredholm operators in Hilbert spaces. Among the properties of the spectral flow we will analyze the homotopic invariance, which appears on different ways. We will see the concept of relative Morse index, which generalize the classical Morse index, and its relation with the spectral flow. The construction of the spectral flow given in this work follows the approach of P. M. Fitzpatrick, J. Pejsachowicz and L. Recht in [9].

O objetivo principal desta dissertação é apresentar o fluxo espectral de um caminho de operadores de Fredholm auto-adjuntos em um espaço de Hilbert e suas propriedades. Pelos resultados clássicos de teoria espectral, sabemos que se H é um espaço de Hilbert e L : H &#8594 H é um operador linear, limitado e auto-adjunto, H pode ser escrito como soma direta ortogonal H+(L)&#8853 H-(L)&#8853 Ker L, onde H+(L) e H-(L) são os subespaços espectrais positivo e negativo de L, respectivamente. No trabalho damos uma definição de fluxo espectral baseada na decomposição acima, aprofundando as conexões deste conceito com a teoria espectral dos operadores de Fredholm em espaços de Hilbert. Entre as propriedades do fluxo espectral, será analisada a invariância homotópica que se apresenta em várias formas. Veremos o conceito de índice de Morse relativo, que estende o clássico índice de Morse, e sua relação com o fluxo espectral. A construção do fluxo espectral dada neste trabalho segue a abordagem de P. M. Fitzpatrick, J. Pejsachowicz e L. Recht em [9]. / The main purpose of this dissertation is to present the spectral flow of a path of selfadjoint Fredholm operators in a Hilbert space and its properties. By classical results in spectral theory, we know that, if H is a Hilbert space and L : H &#8594 H is a bounded self-adjoint linear operator, H may be written as the following orthogonal direct sum H = H+(L)&#8853 H-(L)&#8853 Ker L, where H+(L) and H-(L) are the positive and negative spectral subspaces of L, respectively. In this work we give a definition of spectral flow which is based on the above splitting, examining in depth the connection between this concept and the spectral theory of Fredholm operators in Hilbert spaces. Among the properties of the spectral flow we will analyze the homotopic invariance, which appears on different ways. We will see the concept of relative Morse index, which generalize the classical Morse index, and its relation with the spectral flow. The construction of the spectral flow given in this work follows the approach of P. M. Fitzpatrick, J. Pejsachowicz and L. Recht in [9].