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几何学、拓扑学和M理论中的二次函数

Quadratic functions in geometry, topology,and M-theory

M. J. Hopkins, I. M. Singer

摘要:

我们描述的Kervaire不变量的维$4k+2$的黎曼流形的阿贝尔簇$H^{2k+1}(M)\otimes R/Z$上的全纯线丛的解释。我们的结果受到Witten在$M$理论中关于五膜分拆函数的工作的启发(hep-th/9610234,hep-th/9609122)。我们的构造需要对光滑流形的代数拓扑进行改进,以更好地满足数学物理的需要,并且是基于我们的“微分函数”理论。这些微分函数推广了Cheeger-Simons的微分特征,本文的大部分内容都致力于它们的研究。

英文摘要:

We describe an interpretation of the Kervaire invariant of a Riemannian manifold of dimension $4k+2$ in terms of a holomorphic line bundle on the abelian variety $H^{2k+1}(M)\otimes R/Z$. Our results are inspired by work of Witten on the fivebrane partition function in $M$-theory (hep-th/9610234, hep-th/9609122). Our construction requires a refinement of the algebraic topology of smooth manifolds better suited to the needs of mathematical physics, and is based on our theory of "differential functions." These differential functions generalize the differential characters of Cheeger-Simons, and the bulk of this paper is devoted to their study.

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