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Techniques are presented for calculating directly the scalar functional determinant on the Euclidean d-ball. General formulae are given for Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions. The method involves a large mass asymptotic limit which is…
Using known mode properties, the functional determinant for massless spin-half fields on the Euclidean 4-ball is calculated and shown to be different for spectral (nonlocal) and mixed (local) boundary conditions. The local result agrees…
Functional determinants for a scalar field with negative mass squared are numerically evaluated on an orbifolded three-sphere, in particular on a lune and on a regular 4--polytope fundamental domain. Graphs are provided of the logdets and…
We study polynomials with no zeros on the unit ball in complex Euclidean space with a view toward characterizing when a rational function is bounded on the ball. We give a complete local description of such polynomials in two variables near…
We present a simple and accessible method which uses contour integration methods to derive formulae for functional determinants. To make the presentation as clear as possible, the general idea is first illustrated on the simplest case: a…
We present an overview of the existing methods for computing functional determinants, and outline a possible way forward for Hamiltonians of higher dimensions without radial symmetry.
This paper deals with nonsmooth convex optimization problems in Euclidean spaces. We identify special elements of the subdifferential of a convex function, called specular gradients. Based on this observation, we propose three numerical…
This article provides a novel and simple range description for the spherical mean transform of functions supported in the unit ball of an odd dimensional Euclidean space. The new description comprises a set of symmetry relations between the…
Functional determinants for the scalar Laplacian on spherical caps and slices, flat balls, shells and generalised cylinders are evaluated in two, three and four dimensions using conformal techniques. Both Dirichlet and Robin boundary…
We obtain existence and uniqueness for odd second order oscillators in the space of odd functions without topological assumptions on the nonlinear part.
This paper presents new classes of exact radial solutions to the nonlinear ordinary differential equation that arises as a saddle-point condition for a Euclidean scalar field theory in $D$-dimensional spacetime. These solutions are found by…
We review recent progress in the fractional Calder\'on problem, where one tries to determine an unknown coefficient in a fractional Schr\"odinger equation from exterior measurements of solutions. This equation enjoys remarkable uniqueness…
The scalar functional determinants on sectors of the two-dimensional disc and spherical cap are determined for arbitrary angles (rational factors of $\pi$). The wholesphere and hemisphere expressions are also given, in low dimensions, for…
A general method of finding functional determinants is presented that depends on the asymptotic behaviour of the resolvent. Its application to the case of a bounded trihedral corner for which the eigenvalues are known only implicitly is…
The Gelfand-Yaglom formula relates functional determinants of the one-dimensional second order differential operators to the solutions of the corresponding initial value problem. In this work we generalise the Gelfand-Yaglom method by…
In this study, we derive the sharp bounds of certain Toeplitz determinants whose entries are the coefficients of holomorphic functions belonging to a class defined on the unit disk $\mathbb{U}$. Further, these results are extended to a…
The aim of this review is to discuss the ways to obtain results based on gravity with higher derivatives in D-dimensional world. We considered the following ways: (1) reduction to scalar tensor gravity, (2) direct solution of the equations…
Functional determinants on various domains of the sphere and flat space are presented for scalar and spinor fields.
In this note we present the solution of some isoperimetric problems in open convex cones of $\R^n$ in which perimeter and volume are measured with respect to certain nonradial weights. Surprisingly, Euclidean balls centered at the origin…
Using continued fraction expansions of certain polygamma functions as a main tool, we find orthogonal polynomials with respect to the odd-index Bernoulli polynomials $B_{2k+1}(x)$ and the Euler polynomials $E_{2k+\nu}(x)$, for $\nu=0, 1,…