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Algorithms for the calculation of the heat kernel coefficients

1995/10/28 by Ivan G. Avramidi, Rainer Schimming
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th #gr-qc

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published as in: Quantum Theory under the Influence of External Conditions, Ed. M. Bordag, Teubner-Texte zur Physik, vol. 30, (Stuttgart: Teubner, 1996) pp. 150-162 · 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

arxiv created 1995/10/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

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.

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