Zeta-function on a generalized cone (Q1381929)

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Zeta-function on a generalized cone
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    Zeta-function on a generalized cone (English)
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    1 April 1998
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    The authors derive explicit analytic expressions for the zeta function of a Laplace operator acting on functions (massless scalar fields) in a generalized cone \(\mathbb{R}^+\times M^N\) with an arbitrary smooth base, following Cheeger's approach. In the compact case, the zeta function of the Laplace operator turns out to be singular at the origin. As a result, strictly speaking, the zeta function regularization does not ``regularize'' and a further substraction is required for the related one-loop effective potential.
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    spectral geometry
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    heat kernel
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    conical singularity
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    Laplace operator
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    zeta function
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