A volume formula for asymptotic hyperbolic tetrahedra with an application to quantum field theory

DOI10.1016/S0019-3577(97)89138-0MaRDI QIDQ675792zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter Wagner

Publication date 18 November 1997

Published in Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0019-3577(97)89138-0

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic tetrahedraClausen functionsGaussian integralshyperbolic spacehyperbolic volumeorthoschemequantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Dissections and valuations (Hilbert's third problem, etc.) (52B45)

Review text

The author considers asymptotic tetrahedra in hyperbolic space, i.e., 3-simplices having at least one vertex at infinity. Based on suitable dissections, their volume is given as a sum of 15 dilogarithms which contain linear functions of the dihedral angles, and by this a formula due to J. Milnor (for hyperbolic tetrahedra with all vertices at infinity) is extended. The obtained volume formula yields a new and simple expression for the sum over certain Gaussian integrals. From the physical point of view, this corresponds to the four-dimensional three point function of Euclidean quantum field theory, i.e., to \[ \int_{R^4} \prod^3_{k=1} (q^2_1 +\cdots +q^2_4+b_{1k} q_1+ \cdots +b_{4k} q_4+d_k)^{-1} dq_1 \cdots dq_4. \] (These 15 dilogarithms contain inverse trigonometric functions which are symmetric in the parameters \(b_{jk}\) and \(d_k\), \(j=1, \dots, 4\) and \(k=1,2,3.)\) Finally, an independent approach by E. B. Vinberg (in a stronger sense based on geometric dissections) is mentioned.

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