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Combinatorial problems in spectral geometry

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  • Irreducible Representation
  • Fundamental Group
  • Fundamental Domain
  • Trivial Representation
  • Finite Covering

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Brooks, R. (1986). Combinatorial problems in spectral geometry. In: Shiohama, K., Sakai, T., Sunada, T. (eds) Curvature and Topology of Riemannian Manifolds. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1201. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075645

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