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Tunnelling geometries II. Reduction methods for functional determinants

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The reduction algorithms for functional determinants of differential operators on spacetime manifolds of different topological types are presented, which were recently used for the calculation of the no-boundary wavefunction and the partition function of tunnelling geometries in quantum gravity and cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9311023,
  title  = {Tunnelling geometries II. Reduction methods for functional determinants},
  author = {A. O. Barvinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9311023},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages, latex, figures are not included (available on request by regular mail), report Alberta Thy-41-93