Complex immersions and Quillen metrics (Q1203792)

The authors' work is devoted to the proof of a certain (integral) formula which is an essential ingredient in the arithmetic Riemann-Roch of Gillet and Soulé. This integral formula is an expression for the logarithm of the norm (with respect to Quillen metrics) of a certain canonical section associated to determinant line bundles of a vector bundle on \(Y\) and a resolution of it with respect to a complex immersion \(Y\hookrightarrow X\). The integrals contain Todd classes and the additive genus \(R(x)\) of Gillet and Soulé. The paper is clearly written, very well organized and essentially self- contained. For this reason it is also accessable to non-experts.