Witten's localization formula for reductions at regular co-adjoint orbits

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For each t∈Rt\in\mathbb{R}, X∈gX\in\mathfrak{g}, let Θ(M,t)(X):=∫Me−itdXλMOα(X)\Theta(M,t)(X):=\int_M e^{-itd_X\lambda^{M_{\mathcal O}}}\alpha(X), and let Θ0O\Theta_0^{\mathcal O} denote the generalized-function limit of Θ(M0O,t)\Theta(M_0^{\mathcal O},t) as t→∞t\to\infty. Let MredO=μ−1(O)/GM^{\mathcal O}_{\mathrm{red}}=\mu^{-1}(\mathcal O)/G be the reduction at the regular co-adjoint orbit O\mathcal O, and let W:C∞(g)G→H∗(MredO)W:C^{\infty}(\mathfrak{g})^G\to H^*(M^{\mathcal O}_{\mathrm{red}}) be the Chern–Weil homomorphism associated to the principal fibration μ−1(O)→MredO\mu^{-1}(\mathcal O)\to M^{\mathcal O}_{\mathrm{red}}. For a test function Φ\Phi, Witten conjectured that

∫gΘ0O(X)Φ(X)dX=(2πi)dim⁡Gvol⁡(G)∫MredOαredOW(Φ).\int_{\mathfrak g}\Theta_0^{\mathcal O}(X)\Phi(X)dX=(2\pi i)^{\dim G}\operatorname{vol}(G)\int_{M^{\mathcal O}_{\mathrm{red}}}\alpha^{\mathcal O}_{\mathrm{red}}W(\Phi).

This formula is intended to express the contribution from the reduced space in the Jeffrey–Kirwan–Witten localization framework, relating equivariant integration to the Chern–Weil image on the symplectic reduction. The supplied text identifies it as Witten's conjecture but gives no resolution status.

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Do Ngoc Diep, “Jeffrey-Kirwan-Witten Localization Formula for Reductions at Regular Co-adjoint Orbits”, arXiv:math/9807110 (1998).

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