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We show that the Chern character given by a super-KMS functional on a quantum algebra can be interpreted in terms of the index of a super derivation on a projection of the algebra.
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Communicated by A. Jaffe
Dedicated to Roland Dobrushin
Supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS/PHY 8816214
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Jaffe, A., Lesniewski, A. An index theorem for super derivations. Commun.Math. Phys. 125, 147–152 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01217774
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01217774