Integrals detecting degree 3 string cobordism classes
Algebraic Topology
2023-08-17 v3 Differential Geometry
Abstract
The third string bordism group is known to be . Using Waldorf's notion of a geometric string structure on a manifold, Bunke--Naumann and Redden have exhibited integral formulas involving the Chern-Weil form representative of the first Pontryagin class and the canonical 3-form of a geometric string structure that realize the isomorphism . We will show how these formulas naturally emerge when one considers certain natural -valued and -valued 3d TQFT associated with the classifying stacks of Spin bundles with connection and of String bundles with geometric structure, respectively.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.12933,
title = {Integrals detecting degree 3 string cobordism classes},
author = {Domenico Fiorenza and Eugenio Landi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.12933},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
25 pages, exposition improved, references added. Final version