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Selberg Zeta Functions and Transfer Operators

An Experimental Approach to Singular Perturbations

  • The only book on the market which describes the evaluation of Selberg zeta functions for character deformations via the transfer operator method
  • Gives a detailed description of numerical methods and analytic theories in one book
  • Provides animations and over 50 color illustrations, helping the reader to get a better understanding
  • Gives numerical and analytical results on new phenomena related to singular perturbations of hyperbolic Laplacians

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 2139)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 1-23
  3. Preliminaries

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 25-37
  4. The Gamma Function and the Incomplete Gamma Functions

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 39-42
  5. The Hurwitz Zeta Function and the Lerch Zeta Function

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 43-68
  6. The Hyperbolic Laplace-Beltrami Operator

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 87-127
  7. Concluding Remarks

    • Markus Szymon Fraczek
    Pages 297-300
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 301-354

About this book

This book presents a method for evaluating Selberg zeta functions via transfer operators for the full modular group and its congruence subgroups with characters. Studying zeros of Selberg zeta functions for character deformations allows us to access the discrete spectra and resonances of hyperbolic Laplacians under both singular and non-singular perturbations. Areas in which the theory has not yet been sufficiently developed, such as the spectral theory of transfer operators or the singular perturbation theory of hyperbolic Laplacians, will profit from the numerical experiments discussed in this book. Detailed descriptions of numerical approaches to the spectra and eigenfunctions of transfer operators and to computations of Selberg zeta functions will be of value to researchers active in analysis, while those researchers focusing more on numerical aspects will benefit from discussions of the analytic theory, in particular those concerning the transfer operator method and the spectral theory of hyperbolic spaces.

Reviews

“This volume is an interesting contribution to a field that still holds a lots of secrets. It will be of great interest to experts.” (Ch. Baxa, Monatshefte für Mathematik, Vol. 198 (2), June, 2022)



“What makes this book a unique is that it systematically covers effective computation of the spectral terms of the selberg trace formula, namely the eigenvectors, eigenfunctions and resonances. ... The computation of this book gives us a hint as to what actually occurs with the extremely complicated limit … The book is self-contained, covering both the theoretical background and the numerical aspects.” (Joshua S. Friedman, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2018)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Markus Szymon Fraczek

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eBook USD 54.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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