nLab Lichnerowicz formula

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Context

Higher spin geometry

Index theory

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Idea

An explicit expression in analysis for the square of a Dirac operator on a Riemannian manifold.

The crucial point of the formula is that it shows a scalar summand (i.e. 0th order derivative) proportional to the scalar curvature.

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