在第1章中，发展了用来研究η不变量的分析学。第2章中，应用η不变量去研究K理论。在第3章中，应用η不变量和K理论去研究等变（下）配边。第4章是本版中新加的。在这章中，当基本群是一个容许正标量曲率度量的球面空间时，我们可以应用前三章的结果去检验在旋量的背景下的相关结果，可以将这个问题简化为等变（下）配边中的问题，随后应用K理论，这可以使用η不变量来解决。
我们一直强调K理论和等变（下）配边中的分析方法；因此，许多纯拓扑方法要么没有出现在本书中，要么只得到很少的关注。第5章给出了一些例子和表格。

Preface
1. Partial differential operators
1.1 Characteristic classes
1.1.1 Cohomology groups
1.1.2 Vector bundles
1.1.3 Chern-Weil theory
1.1.4 The Chern classes
1.1.5 The Todd, A, and Hirzebruch L polynomials
1.1.6 The Stiefel-Whitney classes
1.1.7 K theory and the Chern character
1.2 Clifford algebras and spinors
1.2.1 Clifford algebras
1.2.2 Principal G bundles
1.2.3 Spin structures on vector bundles
1.2.4 The spin bundles
1.2.5 The spin connection
1.2.6 The Dirac operator and the Lichnerowicz formula
1.3 Spectral theory of self-adjoint elliptic operators
1.3.1 Basic notational conventions
1.3.2 The Fourier transform and Sobolev spaces
1.3.3 Partial differential operators
1.3.4 Pseudo-differential operators on Euclidean space
1.3.5 Pseudo-differential operators on compact manifolds
1.3.6 Elliptic operators
1.3.7 The parametrix
1.3.8 Spectral theory
1.3.9 The Hodge decomposition theorem
1.3.10 The Hodge-de Rham theorem
1.4 The heat equation
1.4.1 Smooth kernels
1.4.2 Asymptotics of the heat equation
1.4.3 A local formula for the index of an elliptic operator
1.5 The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem
1.5.1 The de Rham complex
1.5.2 The Hirzebrueh Signature Theorem
1.5.3 The spin complex
1.5.4 The spin-e complex
1.5.5 The Dolbeault complex
1.5.6 Tile geometrical index theorem
1.5.7 Product formulas
1.5.8 The general Atiyah-Singer index theorem
1.5.9 The Bott bundle
1.6 The eta invariant and zeta functions
1.6.1 Local invariants
1.6.2 The Mellin transform
1.6.3 The poles of the eta function
1.6.4 The normalized eta residue
1.7 Regularity of the eta function at the origin
1.7.1 A result in invariance theory
1.7.2 Analytical facts concerning the eta residue
1.7.3 The normalized eta residue as a map in K theory
1.7.4 The normalized eta residue in odd dimensions
1.7.5 The normalized eta residue in even dimensions
1.8 The index theorem for manifolds with boundary
1.8.1 Atiyah-Patodi-Singer boundary conditions
1.8.2 Harmonic spinors on manifolds with boundary
1.8.3 Product formulas for manifolds with boundary
1.8.4 The pin-e eomplex
1.9 The eta invariant of real projective space
1.9.1 Extending the eta invariant to K theory
1.9.2 Hurwitz zeta functions
1.9.3 Spherical harmonics
1.9.4 The tangential operator of the spin complex
1.9.5 Non-singular multiplications on Euclidean space
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2. K theory and cohomology
3. Equivariant bordism
4. Positive scalar curvature
5. Auxiliary materials
Bibliography
Index
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