On the Index Formula for an Isometric Diffeomorphism

We give an elementary solution to the problem of the index of elliptic operators associated with shift operator along the trajectories of an isometric diffeomorphism of a smooth closed manifold. This solution is based on index-preserving reduction of the operator under consideration to some elliptic pseudo-differential operator on a higher-dimension manifold and on the application of the Atiyah–Singer formula. The final formula of the index is given in terms of the symbol of the operator on the original manifold. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.