On the gluing formula for the analytic torsion

In this paper, we derive the Cheeger–Müller/Bismut–Zhang theorem for manifolds with boundary and the gluing formula for the analytic torsion of flat vector bundles in full generality, i.e., we do not assume that the Hermitian metric on the flat vector bundle is flat nor that the Riemannian metric has product structure near the boundary.     

Ray-Singer type theorem for the refined analytic torsion

We show that the refined analytic torsion is a holomorphic section of the determinant line bundle over the space of complex representations of the fundamental group of a closed oriented odd-dimensional manifold. Further, we calculate the ratio of the refined analytic torsion and the Farber-Turaev combinatorial torsion. As an application, we establish a formula relating the eta-invariant and the phase of the Farber-Turaev torsion, which extends a theorem of Farber and earlier results of ours. This formula allows to study the spectral flow using methods of combinatorial topology.     

Burghelea-Friedlander-Kappeler's gluing formula for the zeta-determinant and its applications to the adiabatic decompositions of the zeta-determinant and the analytic torsion

The gluing formula of the zeta-determinant of a Laplacian given by Burghelea, Friedlander and Kappeler contains an unknown constant. In this paper we compute this constant to complete the formula under an assumption that the product structure is given near the boundary. As applications of this result, we prove the adiabatic decomposition theorems of the zeta-determinant of a Laplacian with respect to the Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions and of the analytic torsion with respect to the absolute and relative boundary conditions.

     

The gluing formula,conformal scaling,and geometry

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry - We exploit conformal transformations of gluing formulas to realize connections between zeta functions of Laplacians and associated Dirichlet-to-Neumann map...     

The analytic torsion of a disc

In this article, we study the Reidemeister torsion and the analytic torsion of the m dimensional disc, with the Ray and Singer homology basis (Adv Math 7:145–210, 1971). We prove that the Reidemeister torsion coincides with a power of the volume of the disc. We study the additional terms arising in the analytic torsion due to the boundary, using generalizations of the Cheeger–Müller theorem. We use a formula proved by Brüning and Ma (GAFA 16:767–873, 2006) that predicts a new anomaly boundary term beside the known term proportional to the Euler characteristic of the boundary (Lück, J Diff Geom 37:263–322, 1993). Some of our results extend to the case of the cone over a sphere, in particular we evaluate directly the analytic torsion for a cone over the circle and over the two sphere. We compare the results obtained in the low dimensional cases. We also consider a different formula for the boundary term given by Dai and Fang (Asian J Math 4:695–714, 2000), and we compare the results. The results of these work were announced in the study of Hartmann et al. (BUMI 2:529–533, 2009).     

Compact Hermitian surfaces of Einstein type with respect to the Hermitian connection

Two Einstein-type conditions for the Hermitian curvature tensor are considered on a compact Hermitian surface: It is proved that if the symmetric part of the Ricci tensors is a scalar multiple of the metric with a negative constant, then the metric is Kaehler. If the Hermitian surface satisfies the Hermite-Einstein condition with a non positive constant, then the metric is Kaehler.Supported by Contract MM 413/1994 with the Ministry of Science and Education of Bulgaria.Supported by Contract MM 423/1994 with the Ministry of Science and Education of Bulgaria and by Contract 219/1994 with the University of Sofia St. Kl. Ohridski.     

The metric anomaly of analytic torsion at the boundary of an even dimensional cone

The formula for analytic torsion of a cone in even dimensions is composed of three terms. The first two terms are well understood and given by an algebraic combination of the Betti numbers and the analytic torsion of the cone base. The third “singular” contribution is an intricate spectral invariant of the cone base. We identify the third term as the metric anomaly of the analytic torsion coming from the non-product structure of the cone at its regular boundary. Hereby we filter out the actual contribution of the concial singularity and identify the analytic torsion of an even-dimensional cone purely in terms of the Betti numbers and the analytic torsion of the cone base.     

A formula for polynomials with Hermitian matrix argument

We construct and study orthogonal bases of generalized polynomials on the space of Hermitian matrices. They are obtained by the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process from the Schur polynomials. A Berezin-Karpelevich type formula is given for these multivariate polynomials. The normalization of the orthogonal polynomials of Hermitian matrix argument and expansions in such polynomials are investigated.     

An analytic formula for Macdonald polynomials

We give the explicit analytic development of any Jack or Macdonald polynomial in terms of elementary (resp. modified complete) symmetric functions. These two developments are obtained by inverting the Pieri formula. To cite this article: M. Lassalle, M. Schlosser, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Semidefinite perturbations of analytic Hermitian matrix functions

In this paper we consider the behaviour of a real eigenvalue of an analytic Hermitian matrix valued function under perturbation with a positive semidefinite analytic Hermitian matrix valued function. We extend previous results on perturbation with positive definite functions to the positive semidefinite case.Partially supported by an NSF grant.     

On the anomaly formula for the Cappell-Miller holomorphic torsion

We present an explicit expression of the anomaly formula for the Cappell-Miller holomorphic torsion for Khler manifolds.     

On the refined class number formula of Gross

We verify Gross's refined class number formula for abelian extensions of global function fields of prime exponent.     

The analytic torsion of a cone over a sphere

We compute the analytic torsion of a cone over a sphere of dimensions 1, 2, and 3, and we conjecture a general formula for the cone over an odd dimensional sphere.     

An analytic formula for the price of an American-style Asian option of floating strike type

Average pricing is one of the main ingredients in determining the payoff associated with an Asian option. Since its beginnings in 1980 much has been written on the European-style Asian, especially with a fixed strike. In this article, we extend the work of Zhu to this exotic option. We present an analytic formula pricing an American-style Asian option of floating type. We also extend a symmetry result established by Henderson and Wojakowski.     

Functoriality of real analytic torsion forms

In this paper, we prove the functoriality of the analytic torsion forms of Bismut and Lott [BLo] with respect to the composition of two submersions.     

Anomaly formulas for the complex-valued analytic torsion on compact bordisms

We extend the complex-valued analytic torsion, introduced by Burghelea and Haller on closed manifolds, to compact Riemannian bordisms. We do so by considering a flat complex vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold, endowed with a fiberwise nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form. The Riemmanian metric and the bilinear form are used to define non-selfadjoint Laplacians acting on vector-valued smooth forms under absolute and relative boundary conditions. In order to define the complex-valued analytic torsion in this situation, we study spectral properties of these generalized Laplacians. Then, as main results, we obtain so-called anomaly formulas for this torsion. Our reasoning takes into account that the coefficients in the heat trace asymptotic expansion associated to the boundary value problem under consideration, are locally computable. The anomaly formulas for the complex-valued Ray–Singer torsion are derived first by using the corresponding ones for the Ray–Singer metric, obtained by Brüning and Ma on manifolds with boundary, and then an argument of analytic continuation. In odd dimensions, our anomaly formulas are in accord with the corresponding results of Su, without requiring the variations of the Riemannian metric and bilinear structures to be supported in the interior of the manifold.     

Elementary proof of a counting formula for acyclic bipartite tournaments

This note gives a simple proof of a formula due to Bollobás, Frank and Karoński for counting acyclic bipartit tournaments. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.