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A commutator method for computation of heat invariants

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Spectral Theory

Abstract

We introduce a new method for computing the heat invariants of a 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold based on a result by S.Agmon and Y.Kannai. Two explicit expressions for the heat invariants are presented. The first one depends on the choice of a certain coordinate system; the second involves only invariant terms but has some restrictions on its validity, though in a ``generic'' case it is well-defined.

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@article{arxiv.math/9805047,
  title  = {A commutator method for computation of heat invariants},
  author = {Iosif Polterovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9805047},
  year   = {2007}
}

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