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The index of the dirac operator in loop space

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  • Vector Bundle
  • Modular Form
  • Dirac Operator
  • Loop Space
  • Elliptic Genus

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Witten, E. (1988). The index of the dirac operator in loop space. In: Landweber, P.S. (eds) Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms in Algebraic Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1326. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078045

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