The resolvent expansion for second order regular singular operators (Q579608)

The paper gives a scheme for computing the asymptotics of \(tr(e^{-tL})\) as \(t\to 0^+\), where L is an elliptic operator of the form \(L=D^ 2+x^{-2}A(x)\) and A(x) is a family of operators satisfying appropriate ellipticity and smoothness conditions. An important example is the Laplace operator for a manifold with an asymptotically conic singularity. The expansion has the usual terms away from the singularity, appropriately regularized at \(x=0\), plus singular contributions determined by the \(\zeta\)-function of \((A(0)-1/4)^{1/2}\). Applications to index theorems are given in a subsequent paper.