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A topological Chern character for matrix factorizations

Algebraic Geometry 2026-07-23 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Topology

Abstract

For YY a quasi-projective complex variety and w ⁣:YCw \colon Y \to \mathbb C a regular function, we construct a Chern character from the Grothendieck group of the category of matrix factorizations of ww to the critical cohomology of ww, and show that it factors through a certain topological KK-theory group. We prove a Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorem with respect to this Chern character, and verify several functorial properties.

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@article{arxiv.2607.21788,
  title  = {A topological Chern character for matrix factorizations},
  author = {Mark Shoemaker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.21788},
  year   = {2026}
}

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