Functional determinants for general self-adjoint extensions of Laplace-type operators resulting from the generalized cone (Q2480899)

The authors consider the zeta regularized determinant of Laplace-type operators on the generalized cone. In this paper, zeta functions and zeta generalized determinants for arbitrary self-adjoint extensions of Laplace-type operators over conic manifolds are considered. The authors review the construction of self-adjoint extensions on the generalized cone using the Hermitian symplectic extension theory. This provides the set-up for the analysis of the zeta function for arbitrary self-adjoint extensions. Even in the most general case eigenvalues are determined by an implicit or transcendental equation, a perfect starting point for the contour integration method described in [\textit{K. Kirsten} and \textit{A. J. McKane}, Ann. Phys. 308, No. 2, 502--527 (2003; Zbl 1051.58014)]. This method allows us to find the determinant for arbitrary self-adjoint extensions. For arbitrary self-adjoint extensions of a matrix of singular ordinary differential operators modeled on the generalized cone, a closed expression for the determinant is given. The main result gives a closed form for the determinant of the Laplacian over the cone associated with an arbitrary self-adjoint extension. The result involves a determinant of an endomorphism of a finite dimensional vector space, the endomorphism encoding the self-adjoint extension chosen. In combination with one of the results obtained by \textit{M. Bordag, J. S. Dowker} and \textit{K. Kirsten} [Commun. Math. Phys. 182, No. 2, 371--394 (1996; Zbl 0872.58065)], a closed expression for the determinant of an arbitrary self-adjoint extension of the full Laplace-type operator on the generalized cone is obtained.