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Regularized $\zeta_{\Delta}(1)$ for Polyhedra

Differential Geometry 2026-02-27 v3 Spectral Theory

Abstract

Let XX be a compact polyhedral surface (a compact Riemann surface with flat conformal metric T\mathfrak{T} having conical singularities). The ζ\zeta-function ζΔ(s)\zeta_\Delta(s) of the Friedrichs Laplacian on XX is meromorphic in C{\mathbb C} with a single simple pole at s=1s=1. We define regζΔ(1)\operatorname{reg}\zeta_\Delta(1) as lims1(ζΔ(s)Area(X,T)4π(s1))\lim\limits_{s\to 1} \bigl( \zeta_\Delta(s)-\frac{ {\rm Area}(X,\mathfrak{T}) }{4\pi(s-1)}\bigr). We derive an explicit expression for this spectral invariant through the holomorphic invariants of the Riemann surface XX and the (generalized) divisor of the conical points of the metric T\mathfrak{T}. We study the asymptotics of regζΔ(1)\operatorname{reg}\zeta_\Delta(1) for the polyhedron obtained by sewing two other polyhedra along segments of small length. In addition, we calculate regζ(1)\operatorname{reg}\zeta(1) for a family of (non-Friedrichs) self-adjoint extensions of the Laplacian on the tetrahedron with all the conical angles equal to π\pi.

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@article{arxiv.2502.03351,
  title  = {Regularized $\zeta_{\Delta}(1)$ for Polyhedra},
  author = {Alexey Yu. Kokotov and Dmitrii V. Korikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03351},
  year   = {2026}
}
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