“…One can also define tr g for continuous group, see [13] for example. There is also a higher generalization of the pairing between tr g and K-theory of geometric C * -algebras, introduced by [17], [7], [19], and [23], which is to consider cyclic cocycles. Since the metric m on M admits positive scalar curvature, it follows from the Lichnerowicz formula that the higher index of D M , ind G ( D M ), in the K-theory of the group C * -algebra C * r (G), is trivial with a specific trivialization.…”