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Various ^2ehBsignatures and a topological ^2ehBsignature theorem
Journal
High-Dimensional Manifold Topology
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Farrell, F. T.
DOI
10.1142/9789812704443_0015
Abstract
For a normal covering over a closed oriented topological manifold we give a proof of the L2-signature theorem with twisted coefficients, using Lipschitz structures and the Lipschitz signature operator introduced by Teleman. We also prove that the L-theory isomorphism conjecture as well as the -version of the Baum-Connes conjecture imply the L2-signature theorem for a normal covering over a Poincaré space, provided that the group of deck transformations is torsion-free. We discuss the various possible definitions of L2-signatures (using the signature operator, using the cap product of differential forms, using a cap product in cellular L2-cohomology, …) in this situation, and prove that they all coincide.