TY - INPR A1 - Savin, Anton A1 - Sternin, Boris T1 - Eta invariant and parity conditions N2 - We give a formula for the η-invariant of odd order operators on even-dimensional manifolds, and for even order operators on odd-dimensional manifolds. Geometric second order operators are found with nontrivial η-invariants. This solves a problem posed by P. Gilkey. T3 - Preprint - (2000) 21 KW - eta invariant KW - parity conditions KW - K-theory KW - linking coefficients KW - Dirac operators KW - spectral flow KW - elliptic operators Y1 - 2000 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-25869 ER -