A New Short Proof of the Local Index Formula and Some of Its Applications

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 215-234

  Ponge, Raphaël ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242339396     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-003-0915-4     Document Type: Article

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