Proof of character-valued index theorems

DOI10.1007/BF01220996MaRDI QIDQ1819445zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark W. Goodman

Publication date 1986

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01220996

zbMATH Keywords

G-index theoremLefschetz fixed-point theoremsupersymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

Review text

The author gives a short proof of the G-index (or general Lefschetz fixed-point) theorem for the Dirac operator using supersymmetry methods from mathematical physics.

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• The index of elliptic operators on compact manifolds

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• The Dirac-Ramond operator in string theory and loop space index theorems
• Localization and wall-crossing of giant graviton expansions in \(\mathrm{AdS}_5\)
• New observables in topological instantonic field theories
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