Heat kernel asymptotics for roots of generalized Laplacians

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-412

  Bär, Christian ^a   Moroianu, Sergiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Complex powers; Heat kernel; Laplace type operators; Mellin transformation; Wodzicki residue

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037491679     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X03001788     Document Type: Article

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