Diffeomorphisms, Analytic Torsion and Noncommutative Geometry
John Lott
Abstract
We prove an index theorem concerning the pushforward of flat B-vector bundles, where B is an appropriate algebra. We construct the associated analytic torsion form T. If Z is a smooth closed aspherical manifold, we show that T gives invariants of the homotopy groups of Diff(Z).
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