Short-time asymptotics of the trace of the wave operator for a general annular drum in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) with Robin boundary conditions. (Q5939131)

Here for a variety of domains short-time asymptotics of the trace of the wave operator \[ \widetilde\mu (t)=\sum^\infty_{j=1} \exp (-it\sqrt{\mu_j})\tag{1} \] where \(\{\mu_j\}\) are the eigenvalues of the \(-\Delta\) (Laplacian) in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), \(-\infty<t<+\infty\) is studied. The dependence of \(\widetilde\mu(t)\) on the connectivity both on bounded drums and Robin boundary conditions are analyzed. Particular attention is given to a general annular drum in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) together with Robin boundary conditions on its boundaries.