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

DOI10.1007/BF00406412zbMath0383.70017MaRDI QIDQ1248380

Publication date: 1978

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

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Pseudodifferential and Fourier integral operators on manifolds (58J40) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60) Fixed points and periodic points of dynamical systems; fixed-point index theory; local dynamics (37C25) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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