Geometric and Topological Invariants for Elliptic Operators.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Asymptotic pseudodifferential operators and index theory -- A Lefschetz theorem on open manifolds -- Eta invariants and the odd index theorem for coverings -- The Lefschetz fixed point theorem for foliated manifolds -- L2-acyclicity and L2-torsion invariants -- Secondary characteristic numbers and locally free S1-actions -- L2-index theory, eta invariants and values of L-functions -- Non-commutative tori-A case study of non-commutative differentiable manifolds -- Analytic and combinatorial torsion -- Pseudodifferential operators and K -homology, II -- The heat flow along the leaves of a Riemannian foliation -- Aspects of the Novikov conjecture.

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