Elementary Derivation of the Chiral Anomaly

Abstract

An elementary derivation of the chiral gauge anomaly in all even dimensions is given in terms of noncommutative traces of pseudo-differential operators.

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• (3+1)-Dimensional Schwinger Terms and Non-commutative Geometry

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