Rigidity via Modular Properties of Theta Functions
Differential Geometry
2025-08-06 v2
Abstract
In this paper we use methods of Liu to show that the twisted Dirac operators on certain bundles considered by Guan and Wang are rigid. To do so, we use a Lefschetz formula and Atiyah-Bott localization to obtain formulas for the Lefschetz numbers of these operators in terms of Jacobi theta functions; then, using the translational and modular transformation properties of theta functions and the properties of their zeros, we prove is constant provided certain conditions on characteristic classes hold, thus showing the rigidity of on under these conditions.
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@article{arxiv.2505.02792,
title = {Rigidity via Modular Properties of Theta Functions},
author = {Indraneel Tambe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.02792},
year = {2025}
}