Do Riemann-Roch theorem and Atyiah-Singer index theorem have applications to TGD?

Riemann-Roch theorem (RR) is a central piece of algebraic geometry. Atyiah-Singer index theorem is one of its generalizations relating the solution spectrum of partial differential equations and topological data. For instance, characteristic classes classifying bundles associated with Yang-Mills theories have applications in gauge theories and string models.

The advent of octonionic approach to the dynamics of space-time surfaces inspired by M⁸-H duality (see this and this) gives hopes that dynamics at the level of complexified octonionic M⁸ could reduce to algebraic equations plus criticality conditions guaranteeing associativity for space-time surfaces representing external particles, in interaction region commutativity and associativity would be broken. The complexification of octonionic M⁸ replacing norm in flat space metric with its complexification would unify various signatures for flat space metric and allow to overcome the problems due to Minkowskian signature. Wick rotation would not be a mere calculational trick.

For these reasons time might be ripe for applications of possibly existing generalization of RR to TGD framework. In the following I summarize my admittedly unprofessional understanding of RR discussing the generalization of RR for complex algebraic surfaces having real dimension 4: this is obviously interesting from TGD point of view.

I will also consider the possible interpretation of RR in TGD framework. One interesting idea is possible identification of light-like 3-surfaces and curves (string boundaries) as generalized poles and zeros with topological (but not metric) dimension one unit higher than in Euclidian signature.

Atyiah-Singer index theorem (AS) is one of the generalizations of RR and has shown its power in gauge field theories and string models as a method to deduce the dimensions of various moduli spaces for the solutions of field equations. A natural question is whether AS could be useful in TGD and whether the predictions of AS at H side could be consistent with M⁸-H duality suggesting very simple counting for the numbers of solutions at M⁸ side as coefficient combinations of polynomials in given extension of rationals satisfying criticality conditions. One can also ask whether the hierarchy of degrees n for octonion polynomials could correspond to the fractal hierarchy of generalized conformal sub-algebras with conformal weights coming as n-multiples for those for the entire algebras.

For details see the article Do Riemann-Roch theorem and Atyiah-Singer index theorem have applications to TGD? or the chapter Does M⁸-H duality reduce classical TGD to octonionic algebraic geometry? of "Physics as Generalized Number Theory".

For a summary of earlier postings see Latest progress in TGD.

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