The Witten genus and equivariant elliptic cohomology

DOI10.1007/S002090100399MaRDI QIDQ1849488zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew Ando, Maria Basterra

Publication date 1 December 2002

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0008192

zbMATH Keywords

Thom classWitten genusequivariant elliptic cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Elliptic genera (58J26) Elliptic cohomology (55N34)

Abstract: We construct a Thom class in complex equivariant elliptic cohomology extending the equivariant Witten genus. This gives a new proof of the rigidity of the Witten genus, which exhibits a close relationship to recent work on non-equivariant orientations of elliptic spectra.

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