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Hypoelliptic Laplacian and Bott–Chern Cohomology

A Theorem of Riemann–Roch–Grothendieck in Complex Geometry

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Authors:
  1. Jean-Michel Bismut

    1. , Département de Mathématique, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

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  • Gives an important application of the theory of the hypoelliptic Laplacian in complex algebraic geometry
  • Provides an introduction to applications of Quillen's superconnections in complex geometry with hypoelliptic operators
  • Presents several techniques partly inspired from physics, which concur to the proof of a result in complex algebraic geometry
  • The method of hypoelliptic deformation of the classical Laplacian was developed by the author during the last ten years
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Progress in Mathematics (PM, volume 305)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Riemannian adiabatic limit

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 15-20

  4. The holomorphic adiabatic limit

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 21-39

  5. The elliptic superconnections

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 41-61

  6. The elliptic superconnection forms

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 63-81

  7. The elliptic superconnections forms when \({\bar\partial}^{M} {\partial^{M}} \omega^{M} = 0\)

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 83-90

  8. The hypoelliptic superconnections

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 91-112

  9. The hypoelliptic superconnection forms

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 113-121

  10. The hypoelliptic superconnection forms of vector bundles

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 123-144

  11. The hypoelliptic superconnection forms when \({\bar\partial}^{M} {\partial^{M}} \omega^{M} = 0\)

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 145-157

  12. The exotic superconnection forms of a vector bundle

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 159-164

  13. Exotic superconnections and Riemann-Roch-Grothendieck

    • Jean-Michel Bismut
    Pages 165-189

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 191-203
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About this book

The book provides the proof of a complex geometric version of a well-known result in algebraic geometry: the theorem of Riemann–Roch–Grothendieck for proper submersions. It gives an equality of cohomology classes in Bott–Chern cohomology, which is a refinement for complex manifolds of de Rham cohomology. When the manifolds are Kähler, our main result is known. A proof can be given using the elliptic Hodge theory of the fibres, its deformation via Quillen's superconnections, and a version in families of the 'fantastic cancellations' of McKean–Singer in local index theory. In the general case, this approach breaks down because the cancellations do not occur any more. One tool used in the book is a deformation of the Hodge theory of the fibres to a hypoelliptic Hodge theory, in such a way that the relevant cohomological information is preserved, and 'fantastic cancellations' do occur for the deformation. The deformed hypoelliptic Laplacian acts on the total space of the relative  tangent bundle of the fibres. While the original hypoelliptic Laplacian discovered by the author can be described in terms of the harmonic oscillator along the tangent bundle and of the geodesic flow, here, the harmonic oscillator has to be replaced by a quartic oscillator.   Another idea developed in the book is that while classical elliptic Hodge theory is based on the Hermitian product on forms, the hypoelliptic theory involves a Hermitian pairing which is a mild modification of intersection pairing. Probabilistic considerations play an important role, either as a motivation of some constructions, or in the proofs themselves.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Département de Mathématique, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

    Jean-Michel Bismut

About the author

Jean-Michel Bismut is Professor of Mathematics at Université Paris-Sud (Orsay) and a member of the Académie des Sciences. Starting with a background in probability, he has worked extensively on index theory. With Gillet, Soulé, and Lebeau, he contributed to the proof of a theorem of Riemann–Roch–Grothendieck in Arakelov geometry. More recently, he has developed a theory of the hypoelliptic Laplacian, a family of operators that deforms the classical Laplacian, and provides a link between spectral theory and dynamical systems.

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