RIS ID
76324
Abstract
We present a definition of spectral flow for any norm closed ideal J in any von Neumann algebra N. Given a path of selfadjoint operators in N which are invertible in N/J, the spectral flow produces a class in Ko(J).Given a semifinite spectral triple (A, H, D) relative to (N, t) with A separable, we construct a class [D] ? KK1(A, K(N)). For a unitary u ? A, the von Neumann spectral flow between D and u*Du is equal to the Kasparov product [u]A[D], and is simply related to the numerical spectral flow, and a refined C*-spectral flow.
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Publication Details
Kaad, J., Nest, R. & Rennie, A. C. (2007). KK-theory and spectral flow in von Neumann algebras. Journal of K-theory, 10 (2), 1-29.