On the cobordism invariance of the index of Dirac operators

On the cobordism invariance of the index of Dirac operators
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 2797-2801

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03975-0

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We describe a “tunneling” proof of the cobordism invariance of the index of Dirac operators.

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