Abstract:
Given a pair $(M,X)$, where $X$ is a smooth submanifold in a closed smooth manifold $M$, we study the operation that takes each operator $D$ on the ambient manifold to a certain operator on the submanifold. The latter operator is called the trace of $D$. More precisely, we study traces of operators associated with actions of compact Lie groups on $M$. We show that traces of such operators are localized at special submanifolds in $X$ and study the structure of the traces on these submanifolds.