I second (third) the recommendations of Lawson-Michelsohn as a primary reference. For a book with less focus on the algebra, you could try "Elliptic operators, topology and asymptotic methods" by John Roe. There is, however, a couple of Wikipedia entries that you might find interesting. - [Lichnerowicz formula][1] - [Weitzenböck identity][2] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichnerowicz_formula [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weitzenbock_formula