TY - INPR A1 - Nazaikinskii, Vladimir A1 - Savin, Anton A1 - Schulze, Bert-Wolfgang A1 - Sternin, Boris T1 - Differential operators on manifolds with singularities : analysis and topology : Chapter 3: Eta invariant and the spectral flow N2 - Contents: Chapter 3: Eta Invariant and the Spectral Flow 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The Classical Spectral Flow 3.2.1. Definition and main properties 3.2.2. The spectral flow formula for periodic families 3.3. The Atiyah–Patodi–Singer Eta Invariant 3.3.1. Definition of the eta invariant 3.3.2. Variation under deformations of the operator 3.3.3. Homotopy invariance. Examples 3.4. The Eta Invariant of Families with Parameter (Melrose’s Theory) 3.4.1. A trace on the algebra of parameter-dependent operators 3.4.2. Definition of the Melrose eta invariant 3.4.3. Relationship with the Atiyah–Patodi–Singer eta invariant 3.4.4. Locality of the derivative of the eta invariant. Examples 3.5. The Spectral Flow of Families of Parameter-Dependent Operators 3.5.1. Meromorphic operator functions. Multiplicities of singular points 3.5.2. Definition of the spectral flow 3.6. Higher Spectral Flows 3.6.1. Spectral sections 3.6.2. Spectral flow of homotopies of families of self-adjoint operators 3.6.3. Spectral flow of homotopies of families of parameter-dependent operators 3.7. Bibliographical Remarks T3 - Preprint - (2003) 12 Y1 - 2008 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2454 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-26595 ER -