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For the adjoint real bundle $\mathrm{ad}E$, the ASD deformation complex iswhere $d_A^{+}=P_{+}{d}_A$ and $P_{+}=(1+\ast )/2$. On an adjoint section $\xi$, the vector-bundle curvature identity gives $d_A^2\xi =[F_A,\xi ]$. Since $P_{+}$ acts only on the two-form part and $F_A^{+}=0$,This proves it is a complex. Its three cohomology spaces are the infinitesimal stabilizers $H_A^0$, infinitesimal deformations modulo gauge $H_A^1$, and obstructions $H_A^2$.

The associated gauge-fixed elliptic differential operator isThe ASD deformation index formula isHere the Atiyah-Singer index theorem is used for the formula, with $p_1(\mathrm{ad}E)=-4c_2(E)$ and $e(E)=c_2(E)[X]$. For the simply connected negative-definite base in this question, $b_1=b^{+}=0$, so $\mathrm{ind}{D}_A=8e(E)-3$. The alternating Euler characteristic of the three-term complex is the negative of this operator index; stating which index is being used avoids a sign ambiguity.