[math/0509526] An analogue of the Novikov Conjecture in complex algebraic geometry

[math/0509526] An analogue of the Novikov Conjecture in complex algebraic geometry

We're familiar with the idea that statements about positive scalar curvature metrics (Gromov-Lawson-Rosenberg conjecture) and statements about higher signatures (Novikov conjecture) have certain parallels - ultimately they involve the higher index theorem applied to different elliptic operators, Dirac in the first case and signature in the second.

In this new paper Jonathan Rosenberg proposes a further family of statements involving higher index theory for the Dolbeault operator. These are statements in complex algebraic geometry about "higher Todd genera" for varieties.

This could be a whole new playground for higher index theorists.