The Atiyah-Singer index theorem for families of Dirac operators: Two heat equation proofs

DOI10.1007/BF01388755zbMath0592.58047WikidataQ56610461 ScholiaQ56610461MaRDI QIDQ1075667

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143306

zbMATH Keywords

Atiyah-Singer index theorem; superconnections; stochastic differential calculus; connections on infinite-dimensional bundles; heat equation formula for the index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58J50: Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds

58J20: Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds

58J65: Diffusion processes and stochastic analysis on manifolds

60H15: Stochastic partial differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis)

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