Meromorphic properties of the resolvent on asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds (Q2566601)

The author's aim in this article is to complete a full analysis of the meromorphically continued resolvent of the Laplacian: \( R(\lambda) := (\Delta_g-\lambda (n - \lambda))^{-1} \) on \((n+1)\)-dimensional asymtotically hyperbolic manifolds \((X^{n + 1}, g)\). Although \textit{R. Mazzeo} and \textit{R. B. Melrose} [J. Funct. Anal. 75, 260--310 (1987; Zbl 0636.58034)] proved that the resolvent \({(\Delta-s(n-s))^{-1}}\) admits a meromorphic continuation to \(s\in \mathbb{C}\), there are special points \(\frac{n}{2} - \mathbf N\) which are not covered in their study, leaving open the possibility of essential singularities in the resolvent at these points. The author focuses on these points showing that ``there could be at most poles of finite multiplicity and that the same property holds for the points \(\frac{n + 1}{2} \, - \mathbf N\) if and only if the metric is even. On the other hand there exist some metrics for which \(R(\lambda)\) has an essential singularity on \(\frac{n + 1}{2}- \mathbf N\) and these cases are generic''.