We define a regularized version of an equivariant index of a (generalized) Dirac operator on a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold M acted on by a compact Lie group G. Our definition requires an additional data – an equivariant map v : M → g = LieG, such that the corresponding vector field on M does not vanish outside of a compact subset. For the case when M = C and G is the circle group a...

In this paper a rigorous construction of the S 1-equivariant Dirac operator (i.e., Dirac-Ramond operator) on the space of (mean zero) loops in R d is given and its equivariant L 2-index computed. Essential use is made of innnite direct product representations of the Canonical Anticommutation Relations algebra.

We formulate and prove the special case of Serre duality involved in the Borel-Bott-Weil theorem in the language of equivariant Kasparov theory. The method is to combine the Atiyah-Singer index theorem and the framework of equivariant correspondences developed in another paper by the first author and Ralf Meyer. The twisted Dolbeault cohomology groups of the flag variety figuring in the Borel-B...