Quadratic functions in geometry, topology, and \(M\)-theory

DOI10.4310/jdg/1143642908zbMath1116.58018arXivmath/0211216WikidataQ115197626 ScholiaQ115197626MaRDI QIDQ2494209

I. M. Singer, Michael J. Hopkins

Publication date: 19 June 2006

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211216

zbMATH Keywords

differential cocycles, differential function spaces, differential cohomology theories; generalized index theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

81T50: Anomalies in quantum field theory

53C07: Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills)

58J28: Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants

57R19: Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology