Discrete path integral approach to the Selberg trace formula for regular graphs

DOI10.1007/S00220-007-0257-8MaRDI QIDQ2460045zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 14 November 2007

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0609028

zbMATH Keywords

graphspath integralsSelberg trace formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral theory; trace formulas (e.g., that of Selberg) (11F72) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

Abstract: We give a new proof of the trace formula for regular graphs. Our approach is inspired by path integral approach in quantum mechanics, and calculations are mostly combinatorial.

Review text

From the author's abstract: We give a new proof of the Selberg trace formula for regular graphs. Our approach is inspired by path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and calculations are mostly combinatorial.

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