On the generalized Ray-Singer conjecture for covering spaces

Authors
Gong, DG
Citation
Dg. Gong, On the generalized Ray-Singer conjecture for covering spaces, MATH NACHR, 202, 1999, pp. 67-87
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
MATHEMATISCHE NACHRICHTEN
ISSN journal
0025584X → ACNP
Volume
202
Year of publication
1999
Pages
67 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-584X(1999)202:<67:OTGRCF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We find a relation between L-2-combinatorial torsion and analytic torsion a ssociated with a small spectrum of the Witten-type Laplacian on a covering space. The result is used as one crucial step in a proof of the generalized Ray-Singer conjecture for covering spaces.