Abstract
We prove the Chern–Gauss–Bonnet Theorem using sigma models whose source supermanifolds have super dimension 0|2. Along the way we develop machinery for understanding manifold invariants encoded by families of 0|δ-dimensional Euclidean field theories and their quantization.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1121-1157 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Communications in Mathematical Physics |
| Volume | 335 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics