Combinatorial invariants computing the Ray-Singer analytic torsion

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(96)00031-9zbMath0864.57023arXivdg-ga/9606014OpenAlexW1967294721WikidataQ115337645 ScholiaQ115337645MaRDI QIDQ1924846

Michael S. Farber

Publication date: 26 November 1996

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9606014

zbMATH Keywords

analytic torsioncombinatorial torsionRay-Singer metricPoincaré-Reidemeister metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants and determinant bundles, analytic torsion (58J52) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

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Reidemeister torsion for flat superconnections ⋮ Refined analytic torsion on manifolds with boundary

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