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Burghelea-Haller analytic torsion for manifolds with boundary
Author(s):
Guangxiang
Su
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
137
(2009),
4295-4306.
MSC (2000):
Primary 58J52
Posted:
July 22, 2009
MathSciNet review:
2538590
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Abstract:
In this paper, we extend the complex-valued Ray-Singer torsion, introduced by Burghelea-Haller, to compact connected Riemannian manifolds with boundary. We also compare it with the refined analytic torsion.
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Guangxiang
Su
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Vivatsgasse 7, D-53111, Bonn, Germany
Email:
sugx@mpim-bonn.mpg.de
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10003-5
PII:
S 0002-9939(09)10003-5
Keywords:
Hilbert complex,
symmetric bilinear form,
analytic torsion
Received by editor(s):
December 23, 2008,
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
February 11, 2009, and April 13, 2009
Posted:
July 22, 2009
Communicated by:
Varghese Mathai
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