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A Geometric Interpretation of the χ-y Genus on Hyper-Kahler Manifolds

George Thompson

math.AGarXiv:math/9905102

Abstract

The group SL(2) acts on the space of cohomology groups of any hyper-Kahler manifold X. The χy genus of a hyper-Kahler X is shown to have a geometric interpretation as the super trace of an element of SL(2). As a by product one learns that the generalized Casson invariant for a mapping torus is essentially the χy genus.

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