TY - JOUR A1 - Mickelsson, Jouko A1 - Paycha, Sylvie T1 - The logarithmic residue density of a generalized Laplacian JF - Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society N2 - We show that the residue density of the logarithm of a generalized Laplacian on a closed manifold definesan invariant polynomial-valued differential form. We express it in terms of a finite sum of residues ofclassical pseudodifferential symbols. In the case of the square of a Dirac operator, these formulas providea pedestrian proof of the Atiyah–Singer formula for a pure Dirac operator in four dimensions and for atwisted Dirac operator on a flat space of any dimension. These correspond to special cases of a moregeneral formula by Scott and Zagier. In our approach, which is of perturbative nature, we use either aCampbell–Hausdorff formula derived by Okikiolu or a noncommutative Taylor-type formula. KW - residue KW - index KW - Dirac operators Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S144678871100108X SN - 0263-6115 SN - 1446-8107 VL - 90 IS - 1 SP - 53 EP - 80 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mickelsson, Jouko A1 - Paycha, Sylvie T1 - The logarithmic residue density of a generalized Laplacian T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - We show that the residue density of the logarithm of a generalized Laplacian on a closed manifold defines an invariant polynomial-valued differential form. We express it in terms of a finite sum of residues of classical pseudodifferential symbols. In the case of the square of a Dirac operator, these formulas provide a pedestrian proof of the Atiyah–Singer formula for a pure Dirac operator in four dimensions and for a twisted Dirac operator on a flat space of any dimension. These correspond to special cases of a more general formula by Scott and Zagier. In our approach, which is of perturbative nature, we use either a Campbell–Hausdorff formula derived by Okikiolu or a noncommutative Taylor-type formula. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 649 KW - residue KW - index KW - Dirac operators Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413680 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 649 ER -