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Analytic torsion and automorphic forms

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Noncompact Lie Groups and Some of Their Applications

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 429))

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In this note we prove a vanishing theorem for the analytic torsion of a locally symmetric space.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 14853, USA

    Birgit Speh

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  1. Division of Mathematics, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA

    Elizabeth A. Tanner  & Raj Wilson  & 

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Speh, B. (1994). Analytic torsion and automorphic forms. In: Tanner, E.A., Wilson, R. (eds) Noncompact Lie Groups and Some of Their Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 429. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1078-5_7

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