Topological invariance of the Witten index and related quantities
- 15 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 31 (6) , 1515
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.31.1515
Abstract
We demonstrate the topological invariance of the regulated Witten index in supersymetric quantum mechanics. Our method applies to other quantities as well, such as the index of the Dirac operator on open spaces.Keywords
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