Some remarks on Witten's method. Poincaré-Hopf theorem and Atiyah-Bott formula (Q1110888)

\textit{E. Witten} [J. Differ. Geom. 17, 661--692 (1982; Zbl 0499.53056)] indicated how some well-known results in differential geometry can be proved by purely analytical methods, in particular he introduced supersymmetry techniques. In the paper under review the authors give a complete treatment of Witten's work concerning the Poincaré-Hopf theorem for the Euler characteristic and the Atiyah-Bott formula for the Hirzebruch signature theorem.