Witten genus and vanishing results on complete intersections (Q961002)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5687615
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Witten genus and vanishing results on complete intersections
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5687615

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    Witten genus and vanishing results on complete intersections (English)
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    29 March 2010
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    The authors construct a \(\text{mod\,}2\) analogue of the Witten genus for \(8k+2\)-dimensional spin manifolds, and modular characteristic numbers for a class of \(\text{spin}^c\) manifolds which they call \(\text{string}^c\) manifolds. If these \(\text{string}^c\) manifolds are spin manifolds one recovers the Witten genus. They conclude by showing these genera vanish on complete intersections in complex projective spaces.
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    Witten genus
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    \(\text{spin}^c\) manifolds
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    \(\text{string}^c\) manifolds
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