Author:
Booss-Bavnbek Bernhelm,Lesch Matthias,Phillips John
Abstract
AbstractWe study the gap (= “projection norm” = “graph distance”) topology of the space of all (not necessarily bounded) self-adjoint Fredholm operators in a separable Hilbert space by the Cayley transformand direct methods. In particular, we show the surprising result that this space is connected in contrast to the bounded case. Moreover, we present a rigorous definition of spectral flow of a path of such operators (actually alternative but mutually equivalent definitions) and prove the homotopy invariance. As an example, we discuss operator curves on manifolds with boundary.
Publisher
Canadian Mathematical Society
Cited by
56 articles.
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