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We consider linear second order differential equation y''= f with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. At the continuous level this problem is solvable using the Green function, and this technique has a counterpart on the discrete level. The…

Eigenvalue problems for semidefinite operators with infinite dimensional kernels appear for instance in electromagnetics. Variational discretizations with edge elements have long been analyzed in terms of a discrete compactness property. As…

In this letter we argue that instanton-dominated Green's functions in N=2 Super Yang-Mills theories can be equivalently computed either using the so-called constrained instanton method or making reference to the topological twisted version…

Using a recently developed approach for solving the three dimensional Dirac equation with spherical symmetry, we obtain simple representations for the Green's function of the Dirac-Oscillator and Dirac-Coulomb problems. This is accomplished…

In the nonequilibrium Green's function approach, the approximation of the correlation self-energy at the second-Born level is of particular interest, since it allows for a maximal speed-up in computational scaling when used together with…

Properties of the mappings \begin{align*} C&\mapsto\frac1{(2\pi i)^2}\int_{\Gamma_1}\int_{\Gamma_2}f(\lambda,\mu)\,R_{1,\,\lambda}\,C\, R_{2,\,\mu}\,d\mu\,d\lambda, C&\mapsto\frac1{2\pi i}\int_{\Gamma}g(\lambda)R_{1,\,\lambda}\,C\,…

The non-equilibrium quantum field dynamics is usually described in the closed-time-path formalism. The initial state correlations are introduced into the generating functional by non-local source terms. We propose a functional approach to…

Given a smooth manifold $M$ (with or without boundary), in this paper we establish a global functional calculus (without the standard assumption that the operators are classical pseudo-differential operators) and the G\r{a}rding inequality…

We study Fredholm determinants of a class of integral operators, whose kernels can be expressed as double contour integrals of a special type. Such Fredholm determinants appear in various random matrix and statistical physics models. We…

In this paper we obtain an explicit formula of the parameter dependence of the partial derivatives of the Green's functions related to two-point boundary conditions. Such expression follows as an integral of both kernels times the…

We apply the monodromy method for the calculation of the functional determinant of a special second order differential operator $F=-d^2/d\tau^2+{\ddot g}/g$, $\ddot g= d^2g/d\tau^2$, subject to periodic boundary conditions with a periodic…

The spectral determinant is usually defined using the spectral zeta function that is meromorphically continued to zero. In this definition, the complex logarithms of the eigenvalues appear. Hence the notion of the spectral determinant…

It is shown how the pre-exponential factor of the Feynman propagator for a large class of potentials can be computed using contour integrals. This is of direct relevance in the context of tunnelling processes in quantum theories. The…

We demonstrate an efficient nonequilibrium Green's function transport calculation procedure based on the real-space finite-difference method. The direct inversion of matrices for obtaining the self-energy terms of electrodes is…

We formulate the generic $\tau$-function of the Painlev\'e II equation as a Fredholm determinant of an integrable (Its-Izergin-Korepin-Slavnov) operator. The $\tau$-function depends on the isomonodromic time $t$ and two Stokes' parameters,…

We propose a general framework for computing Retarded Green's Functions (RGFs) on quantum computers by recasting their evaluation as a problem of circuit differentiation. Our proposal is based on real-time evolution and specifically…

In this paper we shall propose a simple scheme for calculating Green's functions for photons propagating in complex structured dielectrics or other photonic systems. The method is based on an extension of the finite difference time domain…

Dyson's integration theorem is widely used in the computation of eigenvalue correlation functions in Random Matrix Theory. Here we focus on the variant of the theorem for determinants, relevant for the unitary ensembles with Dyson index…

We give a formula for the values of automorphic Green functions on the special rational 0-cycles (big CM points) attached to certain maximal tori in the Shimura varieties associated to rational quadratic spaces of signature (2d,2). Our…

Let $(-A,B,C)$ be a continuous time linear system with state space a separable complex Hilbert space $H$, where $-A$ generates a strongly continuous contraction semigroup $(e^{-tA})_{t\geq 0}$ on $H$, and $\phi (t)=Ce^{-tA}B$ is the impulse…