“Elliptic Operators and Compact Groups” (with Raoul Bott)

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“Elliptic Operators and Compact Groups” (with Raoul Bott) is a seminal mathematical paper that develops the theory of equivariant index for elliptic operators under compact Lie group actions, laying key foundations for modern index theory and representation theory.

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instanceOf mathematics research paper ⓘ
author Michael Atiyah ⓘ
Raoul Bott ⓘ
context development of the Atiyah–Singer index theorem ⓘ
study of elliptic operators on manifolds with symmetry ⓘ
contribution developed the theory of equivariant index for elliptic operators ⓘ
extended index theory to manifolds with compact Lie group actions ⓘ
related equivariant indices to characters of group representations ⓘ
field mathematics ⓘ
hasKeyConcept G-equivariant elliptic operator ⓘ
K-theoretic formulation of index ⓘ
character of a representation ⓘ
equivariant K-theory of a G-space ⓘ
equivariant index map ⓘ
fixed point contribution of group elements ⓘ
localization at fixed points ⓘ
hasKeyResult compatibility of equivariant index with induction and restriction of group actions ⓘ
formula expressing equivariant index as a sum of fixed point contributions ⓘ
functorial properties of the equivariant index ⓘ
identification of equivariant index with a virtual representation of the group ⓘ
impact bridged index theory and representation theory ⓘ
influenced subsequent research on localization formulas in equivariant cohomology ⓘ
provided foundational tools for later work in equivariant index theory ⓘ
influenced equivariant K-theory ⓘ
geometric representation theory ⓘ
modern index theory ⓘ
representation theory of compact Lie groups ⓘ
topological aspects of quantum field theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
subfield differential geometry ⓘ
equivariant K-theory ⓘ
global analysis ⓘ
index theory ⓘ
representation theory ⓘ
topic Atiyah–Singer index theorem ⓘ
compact Lie group actions ⓘ
elliptic differential operators ⓘ
equivariant elliptic operators ⓘ
equivariant index ⓘ
fixed point formulas ⓘ
uses compact Lie group representation theory ⓘ
differential topology ⓘ
functional analysis ⓘ
topological K-theory ⓘ

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