L'indice de Maslov dans les $J{B}^{\ast }$-triples

Abstract

We construct a homotopy invariant index for pathes in the set of invertible tripotents in a JB*-triple that satisfy a Fredholm type condition with respect to a fixed invertible tripotent. That index generalizes the Maslov index in the Fredholm-Lagrangian of a symplectic Hilbert space.