Two index theorems in odd dimensions
Two index theorems in odd dimensions
A recent paper of Hof ava and Witten [HW]-part of the current flurry of activity in string theory-contains an anomaly computation for 5 1 /(r) xE 10 , where (r) is the cyclic group of order two generated by a reflection.It was well established 10 years ago (e.g.[AS1], [Fl]) that …