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index of a Dirac operator

Idea

The index of a Dirac operator.

As a supertrace

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As the partition function of a supersymmetric QFT

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Properties

Index theorems

• Atiyah-Singer index theorem

References

Introductions include

• Troels Roussau Johansen, Introduction to the index theory of Dirac operators (pdf)