[Binghamton Geometry/Topology Seminar] (no subject)

[Ross Geoghegan]

                   BINGHAMTON GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR


   Date: Thursday April 20, 2006 

   Time:  2.50 pm

   Place: Library North 2205 followed by coffee/tea in the Anderson
          Reading Room.

   Speaker: Klaus Kirsten (Baylor University) 

   Title: Spectral functions: Techniques and applications 

Abstract: 
Functions of the eigenvalue spectrum of certain, mostly geometric,
differential operators play a crucial role in different branches of
mathematics and physics. Prominent representatives of these so-called
spectral functions are the zeta function and the heat kernel.  Using
different examples from mathematics and physics, I will explain where
the interest in spectral functions comes from. New methods for their
analysis will be outlined and applied to a variety of problems in topics
such as the heat equation and quantum theory.


NOTE:  The seminar has a webpage where the semester's program is listed:

http://math.binghamton.edu/MATH/dept/topsem/index.html

It can also be linked from the Department's Home Page.
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