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Minimal kernels of Dirac operators along maps

Differential Geometry 2019-01-31 v2

Abstract

Let MM be a closed spin manifold and let NN be a closed manifold. For maps f ⁣:MNf\colon M\to N and Riemannian metrics gg on MM and hh on NN, we consider the Dirac operator Dg,hfD^f_{g,h} of the twisted Dirac bundle ΣMRfTN\Sigma M\otimes_{\mathbb{R}} f^*TN. To this Dirac operator one can associate an index in KOdim(M)(pt)KO^{-dim(M)}(pt). If MM is 22-dimensional, one gets a lower bound for the dimension of the kernel of Dg,hfD^f_{g,h} out of this index. We investigate the question whether this lower bound is obtained for generic tupels (f,g,h)(f,g,h).

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@article{arxiv.1802.03263,
  title  = {Minimal kernels of Dirac operators along maps},
  author = {Johannes Wittmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03263},
  year   = {2019}
}
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