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
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1189689
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