Spectral sections and higher Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theory on Galois coverings

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-58

  Leichtnam, Eric ^a   Piazza, Paolo ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0032221695     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390050047     Document Type: Article

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