2023/09/11 by John Lott, Lott, John
Computer Science · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #Digital Image Processing Techniques #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.05688
openalex publication_date 2023/09/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In 1971, Ray and Singer proposed an analytic equivalent of a classical topological invariant, the R-torsion. This Ray-Singer torsion has had many ramifications in mathematics and physics. I will describe the background, the Ray-Singer papers and some subsequent work.