Topological structure of Gauss–Bonnet–Chern density and its topological current

DOI10.1063/1.530190zbMath0788.53033MaRDI QIDQ4201779

Xin-he Meng, Yi-Shi Duan

Publication date: 6 September 1993

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.530190

zbMATH Keywords

topological current; Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem; delta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

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