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On the cobordism invariance of the index of Dirac operators

Author(s): Liviu I. Nicolaescu
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2797-2801.
MSC (1991): Primary 58G10; Secondary 58G20
MathSciNet review: 1402879
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Abstract: We describe a ``tunneling'' proof of the cobordism invariance of the index of Dirac operators.


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Additional Information:

Liviu I. Nicolaescu
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
Email: liviu@math.lsa.umich.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03975-0
PII: S 0002-9939(97)03975-0
Received by editor(s): April 22, 1996
Communicated by: Palle E. T. Jorgensen
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society




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