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Let $E$ be a smooth complex vector bundle over a smooth compact manifold $M$ and let $H$ be the $Z_{2}$-graded (with the $Z_{2}$-grading given by even/odd forms) Hilbert space of $L_{2}$ (with respect ...

In the paper "Local Index Formula in Noncommutative Geometry" Connes and Moscovici build the spectral triple $(A,H,D)$ where $A=C^{\infty}_c(P) \rtimes \Gamma$ where $\Gamma$ is an arbitrary subgroup ...

I am reading the thesis of Chris Kottke (https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/60193/681923895-MIT.pdf) and I would need some help to try to understand intuitively why he makes the choice of ...