Zeta functional determinants on manifolds with boundary

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Chang, Sun Yung A ^a   Qing, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030306041     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1996.v3.n1.a1     Document Type: Article

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