Uniqueness of the functional determinant

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 655-665

  Gursky, Matthew J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031549896     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050223     Document Type: Article

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