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Real secondary index theory
In this paper, we study the family index of a family of spin manifolds. In
particular, we discuss to which extend the real index (of the Dirac operator of
the real spinor bundle if the fiber dimension is divisible by 8) which can be
defined in this case contains extra information over the complex index (the
index of its complexification). We study this question under the additional
assumption that the complex index vanishes on the k-skeleton of B. In this
case, using local index theory we define new analytical invariants \hat c_k\in
H^{k-1}(B;\reals/\integers). We then continue and describe these invariants in
terms of known topological characteristic classes. Moreover, we show that it is
an interesting new non-trivial invariant in many examples.Comment: LaTeX2e, 56 pages; v2: final version to appear in ATG, typos fixed,
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Column Imprints: A Secondary Index Structure
Large scale data warehouses rely heavily on secondary indexes,
such as bitmaps and b-trees, to limit access to slow IO devices.
However, with the advent of large main memory systems, cache
conscious secondary indexes are needed to improve also the transfer
bandwidth between memory and cpu. In this paper, we introduce
column imprint, a simple but efficient cache conscious secondary
index. A column imprint is a collection of many small bit
vectors, each indexing the data points of a single cacheline. An
imprint is used during query evaluation to limit data access and
thus minimize memory traffic. The compression for imprints is
cpu friendly and exploits the empirical observation that data often
exhibits local clustering or partial ordering as a side-effect of the
construction process. Most importantly, column imprint compression
remains effective and robust even in the case of unclustered
data, while other state-of-the-art solutions fail. We conducted an
extensive experimental evaluation to assess the applicability and
the performance impact of the column imprints. The storage overhead,
when experimenting with real world datasets, is just a few
percent over the size of the columns being indexed. The evaluation
time for over 40000 range queries of varying selectivity revealed
the efficiency of the proposed index compar
The two definitions of the index difference
Given two metrics of positive scalar curvature metrics on a closed spin
manifold, there is a secondary index invariant in real -theory. There exist
two definitions of this invariant, one of homotopical flavour, the other one
defined by a index problem of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer type. We give a complete and
detailed proof of the folklore result that both constructions yield the same
answer. Moreover, we generalize this to the case of two families of positive
scalar curvature metrics, parametrized by a compact space. In essence, we prove
a generalization of the classical "spectral-flow-index theorem" to the case of
families of real operators.Comment: Revised versio
M-Theory with Framed Corners and Tertiary Index Invariants
The study of the partition function in M-theory involves the use of index
theory on a twelve-dimensional bounding manifold. In eleven dimensions, viewed
as a boundary, this is given by secondary index invariants such as the
Atiyah-Patodi-Singer eta-invariant, the Chern-Simons invariant, or the Adams
e-invariant. If the eleven-dimensional manifold itself has a boundary, the
resulting ten-dimensional manifold can be viewed as a codimension two corner.
The partition function in this context has been studied by the author in
relation to index theory for manifolds with corners, essentially on the product
of two intervals. In this paper, we focus on the case of framed manifolds
(which are automatically Spin) and provide a formulation of the refined
partition function using a tertiary index invariant, namely the f-invariant
introduced by Laures within elliptic cohomology. We describe the context
globally, connecting the various spaces and theories around M-theory, and
providing a physical realization and interpretation of some ingredients
appearing in the constructions due to Bunke-Naumann and Bodecker. The
formulation leads to a natural interpretation of anomalies using corners and
uncovers some resulting constraints in the heterotic corner. The analysis for
type IIA leads to a physical identification of various components of eta-forms
appearing in the formula for the phase of the partition function
TOPYDE: A Tool for Physical Database Design
We describe a tool for physical database design based on a combination of theoretical and pragmatic approaches. The tool takes as input a relational schema, the workload defined on the schema, and some additional database characteristics and produces as output a physical schema. For the time being, the tool is tuned towards Ingres
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