Quantization of forms on the cotangent bundle (Q1809228)

The author considers the following construction of quantization. Let \( M \) be a Riemannian manifold. Then the space of forms on \( T ^\ast M \) is identified with the space of symbols of operators acting on forms on \( M. \) This gives rise to the composition of symbols and this is a deformation of the ``super'' commutative multiplication of forms. He computes the symbols of the natural Laplacians on forms, their corresponding traces and also come nice Weitzenböck identities. Using these results, he gives a new proof of the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem. The paper can be viewed as a first step in the understanding of quantization of forms on a Poisson manifold.