In the equivariant Atiyah-Singer index theorem, when $G$ is a compact group acting on a manifold $M$ and $R(G)$ is the representation ring of $G$. We have the analytic index $$ \te …

I have the following, probably very elementary question: Let $Cl^{p,q}$ be the Clifford algebra on generators $e_i$, $i=1, \ldots, p+q$ with $e_i e_j = -e_j e_i$ and $e_{i}^{2}=-1$ …

This question is mainly about Section 5.2 of the book "Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators" by Berline, Getzler and Vergne. Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary …

In the book "Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators" by Berline, Getzler and Vergne it is said that "Our book is based on a simple principle, which we learned from D. Quillen: Dirac oper …

Can someone please provide a good (online accessible) reference for the well-known identity $$ \text{rank((d + d}^*)^+) = \sum_{i=}^n (-1)^i \dim(H^i(M)), $$ where $M$ is a manifo …

Recall, index of an algebraic scheme $X$ is defined to be the greatest common divisor of the degrees of the space of zero cycles on $X$. I am interested in examples of hypersurface …

I am trying to understand the Berline - Vergne Localization formula for the equivariant Index of the Dirac operator on a spin manifold M which states that the G - equivariant index …

Given a Dirac operator $D$ acting on some Clifford bundle $\mathcal{E}$ over a compact, even-dimensional, oriented manifold $M$, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem states that its ind …

Let $M$ be a closed parallelizable manifold and $D: \Gamma(E) \to \Gamma(F)$ an elliptic differential operator between trivial vector bundles $E,F \to M$. The Atiyah Singer index …

In Kasparov's 1988 paper Equivariant KK-theory and the Novikov conjecture section 4 he defined the Dirac element for a (non-spin) $G$- Riemanian manifold $X$ as an element in the $ …

Is there any reasonable geometric meaning of the L-genus for smooth manifolds? or perhaps easier, for complex algebraic surfaces? The question came up after a friend and I realize …

Here, G is a compact lie group. V is a finite dimensional irrepn of G. By Atiyah, every element in K_{G}(T_{G}V) is a symbol of a transversally elliptic operator on V. Of cours …

For elliptic differential operators $P$ on a compact manifold $M$, we have the formula $$\mathrm{ind}(D) = \mathrm{tr}(e^{-tP^*P}) - \mathrm{tr}(e^{-tPP^{\star}})$$ I would think …

Let us consider the Dirac complex \begin{equation} D_{\rm Dirac}:S^+\to S^- \end{equation} where $S^{\pm}$ are the chiral-spinor bundles on $\mathbb{R}^4$. Using the fact that the …

In Atiyah's famous paper "Bott periodicity and the index of elliptic operators" section 4, he proved the splitting principle for unitary groups (Propostion 4.9 in that paper), name …