Even dimensional manifolds and generalized anomaly cancellation formulas

Han, Fei; Huang, Xiaoling

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-07-04214-6

Even dimensional manifolds and generalized anomaly cancellation formulas
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Abstract:

We give a direct proof of a cancellation formula raised by Han and Zhang (2004) on the level of differential forms. We also obtain more cancellation formulas for even dimensional Riemannian manifolds with a complex line bundle involved. Relations among these cancellation formulas are discussed.

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