Anomaly cancellation in M-theory

Abstract

We show the complete cancellation of gauge and gravitational anomalies in the M-theory of Horava and Witten using their boundary contribution, and a term coming from the existence of two and five-branes. A factor of three discrepancy noted in an earlier work is resolved. We end with a comment on flux quantization.

5 pages, Latex, typos corrected, minor notation change in eq. (0.7). Version to be published in Phys. Lett. B

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