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Using Liu's modular invariance method and its odd-dimensional extension by Han and Yu, we establish new Witten rigidity theorems for the generalized Witten genus of twisted Dirac operators on even-dimensional spin$^c$ manifolds and twisted…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Jianyun Guan , Kefeng Liu , Yong Wang

Using the Liu's method, we prove a new Witten rigidity theorem of elliptic genus of twisted Dirac operators in even dimensional spin manifolds under the circle action. Combined with the Han-Yu's method, we prove the Witten rigidity theorems…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Jianyun Guan , Kefeng Liu , Yong Wang

In this paper, we first establish an $S^1$-equivariant index theorem for Spin$^c$ Dirac operators on $\mathbb{Z}/k$ manifolds, then combining with the methods developed by Taubes \cite{MR998662} and Liu-Ma-Zhang \cite{MR1870666,MR2016198},…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-04-21 Bo Liu , Jianqing Yu

We establish the family rigidity and vanishing theorems on the equivariant $K$-theory level for the Witten type operators on String$^c$ manifolds introduced by Chen-Han-Zhang.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jianqing Yu , Bo Liu

By some SL(2, Z) modular forms introduced in [4] and [10], we construct some modular forms over SL2(Z) and some modular forms over {\Gamma}^0(2) and {\Gamma}_0(2) in odd dimensions. In parallel, we obtain some new cancellation formulas for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Jianyun Guan , Yong Wang , Haiming Liu

In LM, we proved a family version of the famous Witten rigidity theorems and several family vanishing theorems for elliptic genera. In this paper, we gerenalize our theorems LM in two directions. First we establish a family rigidity theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kefeng LIU , Xiaonan MA

We study the moduli space of quaternionic Kaehler structures on a compact manifold of dimension 4n (n>2) from a point of view of Riemannian geometry, not twistor theory. Then we obtain a rigidity theorem for quaternionic Kaehler structures…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-30 Kota Hattori

The rigidity theorem of Witten-Bott-Taubes-Hirzebruch tells us that, if the circle group acts on a closed almost complex (or more generally unitary) manifold whose first Chern class is divisible by a positive integer N greater than 1, then…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Akio Hattori , Mikiya Masuda

We prove the rigidity and vanishing of several indices of "geometrically natural" twisted Dirac operators on almost even-Clifford Hermitian manifolds admitting circle actions by automorphisms.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Ana Lucia Garcia-Pulido , Rafael Herrera

By studying modular invariance properties of some characteristic forms, we get some new anomaly cancellation formulas on $(4r-1)$ dimensional manifolds. As an application, we derive some results on divisibilities of the index of Toeplitz…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Kefeng Liu , Yong Wang

We compute the transgressed forms of some modularly invariant characteristic forms,which are related to the twisted elliptic genera. We study the modularity properties of these secondary characteristic forms and relations among them. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-03-04 Yong Wang

We construct a Thom class in complex equivariant elliptic cohomology extending the equivariant Witten genus. This gives a new proof of the rigidity of the Witten genus, which exhibits a close relationship to recent work on non-equivariant…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Matthew Ando , Maria Basterra

The main result of this article is a Llarull-type rigidity statement for scalar curvature on Riemannian spin manifolds with cone-like singularities in odd dimensions. The even dimensional analog was proven in an earlier work together with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Lukas Schoenlinner

We construct bundles of modules of vertex operator algebras, and prove the rigidity and vanishing theorem for the Dirac operator on loop space twisted by such bundles. This result generalizes many previous results.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Chongying Dong , Kefeng Liu , Xiaonan Ma

For complete Riemannian manifolds with vanishing Bach tensor and positive constant scalar curvature, we provide a rigidity theorem characterized by some pointwise inequalities. Furthermore, we prove some rigidity results under an inequality…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Bingqing Ma , Guangyue Huang

The twisted index of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories on $S^1 \times \Sigma$ has an algebro-geometric interpretation as the Witten index of an effective supersymmetric quantum mechanics. In this paper, we consider the contributions to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-23 Mathew Bullimore , Andrea E. V. Ferrari , Heeyeon Kim , Guangyu Xu

For even dimensional manifolds, we prove some twisted anomaly cancellation formulas which generalize some well-known cancellation formulas. For odd dimensional manifolds, we obtain some modularly invariant characteristic forms by the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Yong Wang

In this paper, we study some basic geometric properties of pseudohermitian submanifolds of the Heisenberg groups. In particular, we obtain the uniqueness and existence theorems, and some rigidity theorems.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Hung-Lin Chiu

In this paper, we establish rigidity and vanishing theorems for Dirac operators twisted by $E_8$ bundles.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Fei Han , Kefeng Liu , Weiping Zhang

We study the rigidity of compact submanifolds of Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary codimension that satisfy a sharp pinching condition involving the norm of the second fundamental form and the mean curvature. Without assuming that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Theodoros Vlachos
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