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Chern numbers and the indices of some elliptic differential operators

Differential Geometry 2018-10-18 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Libgober and Wood proved that the Chern number c1cn1c_{1}c_{n-1} of a nn-dimensional compact complex manifold can be determined by its Hirzebruch χy\chi_{y}-genus. Inspired by the idea of their proof, we show that, for compact, spin, almost-complex manifolds, more Chern numbers can be determined by the indices of some twisted Dirac and signature operators. As a byproduct, we get a divisibility result of certain characteristic number for such manifolds. Using our method, we give a direct proof of Libgober-Wood's result, which was originally proved by induction.

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@article{arxiv.1004.2142,
  title  = {Chern numbers and the indices of some elliptic differential operators},
  author = {Ping Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.2142},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, to appear in Pacific Journal of Mathematics