Analytic torsion and 𝑅-torsion for unimodular representations

Müller, Werner

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1993-1189689-4

Analytic torsion and $R$-torsion for unimodular representations

Author: Werner Müller
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1993), 721-753
MSC: Primary 58G26; Secondary 57Q10, 58G11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1993-1189689-4
MathSciNet review: 1189689
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