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Heat Trace Asymptotics Defined by Transfer Boundary Conditions

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We compute the first five terms in the short-time heat trace asymptotics expansion for an operator of the Laplace type with transfer boundary conditions using the functorial properties of these invariants.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22-26, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Peter Gilkey, Klaus Kirsten & Dmitri Vassilevich

  2. Mathematics Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, U.S.A.

    Peter Gilkey

  3. Department of Mathematics, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 76798, U.S.A.

    Klaus Kirsten

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Gilkey, P., Kirsten, K. & Vassilevich, D. Heat Trace Asymptotics Defined by Transfer Boundary Conditions. Letters in Mathematical Physics 63, 29–37 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022910823496

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