An algebraic index theorem for orbifolds

Pflaum, Markus J.; Posthuma, Hessel; Tang, Xiang

An algebraic index theorem for orbifolds

Authors

Pflaum, Markus J.

Posthuma, Hessel

Tang, Xiang

Description

Using the concept of a twisted trace density on a cyclic groupoid, a trace is constructed on a formal deformation quantization of a symplectic orbifold. An algebraic index theorem for orbifolds follows as a consequence of a local Riemann--Roch theorem for such densities. In the case of a reduced orbifold, this proves a conjecture by Fedosov, Schulze, and Tarkhanov. Finally, it is shown how the Kawasaki index theorem for elliptic operators on orbifolds follows from this algebraic index theorem.
34 pages, and presentation improved