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Mathai–Quillen Formalism — From the Point of View of Path Integrals

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We present here a path integral derivation of Mathai–Quillen formalism which gives a new interpretation of the Gauss–Bonnet–Chern theorem and Hopf–Poincaré theorem.

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    WANG ZHENG-DONG

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ZHENG-DONG, W. Mathai–Quillen Formalism — From the Point of View of Path Integrals. Letters in Mathematical Physics 39, 331–340 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007312606288

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