𝜂-invariants and their adiabatic limits

Bismut, Jean-Michel; Cheeger, Jeff

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1989-0966608-3

$\eta$-invariants and their adiabatic limits

Authors: Jean-Michel Bismut and Jeff Cheeger
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1989), 33-70
MSC: Primary 58G10; Secondary 58C50, 58G12, 58G20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1989-0966608-3
MathSciNet review: 966608
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