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Ruelle zeta function from field theory

Mathematical Physics 2020-09-29 v2 Algebraic Topology Dynamical Systems math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We propose a field-theoretic interpretation of Ruelle zeta function, and show how it can be seen as the partition function for BFBF theory when an unusual gauge fixing condition on contact manifolds is imposed. This suggests an alternative rephrasing of a conjecture due to Fried on the equivalence between Ruelle zeta function and analytic torsion, in terms of homotopies of Lagrangian submanifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2002.03952,
  title  = {Ruelle zeta function from field theory},
  author = {Charles Hadfield and Santosh Kandel and Michele Schiavina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.03952},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Accepted manuscript. Exposition improvements. 30 pages

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