The relative index comparison conjecture of Chang, Weinberger and Yu

Let Ω\overline{\Omega} be a compact manifold with boundary and fundamental group Γ\Gamma, let Ω\partial\Omega have fundamental group Γ\Gamma', and let Ω\overline{\Omega}^{\sim} be the universal cover of Ω\overline{\Omega}. Let D(Ω,(Ω))(Γ,Γ)D^*(\overline{\Omega}^{\sim},\partial(\Omega^{\sim}))^{(\Gamma,\Gamma')} be an equivariant refinement of the relative structure algebra.

Relative index comparison conjecture. There exists a map

K(D(Ω,(Ω))(Γ,Γ))K(Cmax(Γ,Γ))K_*\left(D^*(\overline{\Omega}^{\sim},\partial(\Omega^{\sim}))^{(\Gamma,\Gamma')}\right)\longrightarrow K_*\left(C^*_{\max}(\Gamma,\Gamma')\right)

that maps the relative index class to the relative index of Chang, Weinberger and Yu.

The source calls this a vague conjecture concerning the relationship between two relative index theories and gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Matti Lyko, “Uniformly elliptic boundary value problems”, arXiv:2602.22748 (2026).

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