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We introduce a new class of natural, explicitly defined, transversally elliptic differential operators over manifolds with compact group actions. Under certain assumptions, the symbols of these operators generate all the possible values of the equivariant index. We also show that the components of the representation-valued equivariant index coincide with those of an elliptic operator constructed from the original data.
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Prokhorenkov, I., Richardson, K. Natural equivariant transversally elliptic Dirac operators. Geom Dedicata 151, 411–429 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-010-9542-3
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