The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional and Ray-Singer invariants

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Publication:1248380


DOI10.1007/BF00406412zbMath0383.70017MaRDI QIDQ1248380

Albert S. Schwarz

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)


81T08: Constructive quantum field theory

58J40: Pseudodifferential and Fourier integral operators on manifolds

37J99: Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems

58J60: Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.)

37C25: Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics

70G45: Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics

53C05: Connections (general theory)


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