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We explain the relative index theorem of Cheeger, Gromov & Lawson and offer an analytical interpretation which also works in the odd-dimensional case. We also give a simple proof of a special case of the excision principle for indices.
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Booß-Bavnbek, B., Wojciechowski, K.P. (1993). Glueing Constructions. Relative Index Theorem. In: Elliptic Boundary Problems for Dirac Operators. Mathematics: Theory & Applications. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0337-7_10
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