Localization Problem in Index Theory of Elliptic Operators

• Preface.- Introduction.- 0.1 Basics of Elliptic Theory.- 0.2 Surgery and the Superposition Principle.- 0.3 Examples and Applications.- 0.4 Bibliographical Remarks.- Part I: Superposition Principle.- 1 Superposition Principle for the Relative Index.- 1.1 Collar Spaces.- 1.2 Proper Operators and Fredholm Operators.- 1.3 Superposition Principle.- 2 Superposition Principle for K-Homology.- 2.1 Preliminaries.- 2.2 Fredholm Modules and K-Homology.- 2.3 Superposition Principle.- 2.4 Fredholm Modules and Elliptic Operators.- 3 Superposition Principle for KK-Theory.- 3.1 Preliminaries.- 3.2 Hilbert Modules, Kasparov Modules, and KK.- 3.3 Superposition Principle.- Part II: Examples.- 4 Elliptic Operators on Noncompact Manifolds.- 4.1 Gromov–Lawson Theorem.- 4.2 Bunke Theorem.- 4.3 Roe’s Relative Index Construction.- 5 Applications to Boundary Value Problems.- 5.1 Preliminaries.- 5.2 Agranovich–Dynin Theorem.- 5.3 Agranovich Theorem.- 5.4 Bojarski Theorem and Its Generalizations.- 5.5 Boundary Value Problems with Symmetric Conormal Symbol.- 6 Spectral Flow for Families of Dirac Type Operators.- 6.1 Statement of the Problem.- 6.2 Simple Example.- 6.3 Formula for the Spectral Flow.- 6.4 Computation of the Spectral Flow for a Graphene Sheet.- Bibliography.

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