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| Nov 15, 2016 at 14:52 | history | edited | Name YYY | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:15 | comment | added | ACuriousMind♦ | I answer a related question here, but I am not sure what your exact question is. The content of the index theorem in this case is basically that $n_+ - n_- = \int F\wedge F$ (modulo factors of $\pi$), i.e. that we can relate the chiral modes of the Dirac operator to an expression in the gauge fields alone. What's the question? | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:53 | history | asked | Name YYY | CC BY-SA 3.0 |