Algorithms for the calculation of the heat kernel coefficients
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We present a brief overview of several approaches for calculating the local asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel for Laplace-type operators. The different methods developed in the papers of both authors some time ago are described in more detail.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9510206,
title = {Algorithms for the calculation of the heat kernel coefficients},
author = {Ivan G. Avramidi and Rainer Schimming},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9510206},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages, Plain TeX, 35 KB, no figures, to appear in Proc. of 3rd Workshop `Quantum Field Theory under Influence of External Conditions', Leipzig, Sep. 18-22, 1995