Abstract
It is well known that for every isometry V, tr[V*, V] = -ind(V). This fact for the shift operator is a basis for many important developments in operator theory and topology. In this paper we prove an analogous formula for a pair of isometries (V1, V2), namely tr[V1*, V1,V2*,V2] = -2ind(V1,V2), where [V1*, V1, V2*, V2] is the complete anti-symmetric sum and ind(V1, V2) is the Fredholm index of the pair (V1, V2). The major tool is what we call the fringe operator. Two examples are considered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 533-541 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2003 |
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