Polyakov-Alvarez Formula for Curvilinear Polygonal Domains with Slits
Mathematical Physics
2025-01-15 v1 Differential Geometry
math.MP
Spectral Theory
Abstract
We consider the -regularized determinant of the Friedrichs extension of the Dirichlet Laplace-Beltrami operator on curvilinear polygonal domains with corners of arbitrary positive angles. In particular, this includes slit domains. We obtain a short time asymptotic expansion of the heat trace using a classical patchwork method. This allows us to define the -regularized determinant of the Laplacian and prove a comparison formula of Polyakov-Alvarez type for a smooth and conformal change of metric.
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@article{arxiv.2501.07682,
title = {Polyakov-Alvarez Formula for Curvilinear Polygonal Domains with Slits},
author = {Ellen Krusell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07682},
year = {2025}
}
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23 pages, 4 figures