On the spectral theory of manifolds with cusps

Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 593-625

  Ballmann, Werner ^a   Brüning, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

53C20; Cusps; Dirac operator; Essential spectrum; Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616447     PISSN: 00217824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-7824(00)01202-2     Document Type: Article

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