The Atiyah-Bott formula is a significant result in the field of geometry and topology, particularly in the context of mathematical physics and the theory of characteristic classes. Specifically, it provides a formula for the integral of a certain cohomology class over the moduli space of complex structures on a manifold. At its core, the Atiyah-Bott formula gives a way to compute the Euler characteristic of the space of sections of a certain vector bundle.
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