TY - INPR A1 - Nazaikinskii, Vladimir A1 - Schulze, Bert-Wolfgang A1 - Sternin, Boris T1 - Surgery and the relative index theorem for families of elliptic operators N2 - We prove a theorem describing the behaviour of the relative index of families of Fredholm operators under surgery performed on spaces where the operators act. In connection with additional conditions (like symmetry conditions) this theorem results in index formulas for given operator families. By way of an example, we give an application to index theory of families of boundary value problems. T3 - Preprint - (2002) 11 KW - elliptic operators KW - index theory KW - surgery KW - relative index KW - boundary value problems Y1 - 2008 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2425 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-26300 ER -