Periodic Index Theory and Equivariant Torus Signature

Abstract

We deduce an index jump formula for first order elliptic complexes over end-periodic manifolds, which generalizes the corresponding result for the DeRham complex. In the case of the anti-self-dual DeRham complex, we define the periodic rho invariant for a class of $4$-manifolds, and identify it with the periodic spectral flow of this complex. As an application, we prove the equivalence (under a mild homological assumption) of two signatures invariants defined by means of Yang-Mills theory and geometric topology respectively for essentially embedded tori in homology $S^1 \times S^3$. We also prove a surgery formula for the singular Furuta-Ohta invariant, which corresponds to a potential exact triangle of singular instanton homology for knots.