Constructs Symmetry TFTs for M-theory compactifications by reducing the topological sector of 11d supergravity on the boundary of X using differential cohomology, with applications to 7d SYM and 5d SCFTs confirmed via IIB 5-brane webs.
Quadratic functions in geometry, topology,and M-theory
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We describe an interpretation of the Kervaire invariant of a Riemannian manifold of dimension $4k+2$ in terms of a holomorphic line bundle on the abelian variety $H^{2k+1}(M)\otimes R/Z$. Our results are inspired by work of Witten on the fivebrane partition function in $M$-theory (hep-th/9610234, hep-th/9609122). Our construction requires a refinement of the algebraic topology of smooth manifolds better suited to the needs of mathematical physics, and is based on our theory of "differential functions." These differential functions generalize the differential characters of Cheeger-Simons, and the bulk of this paper is devoted to their study.
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