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An infinitesimal trace formula for the Laplace operator on compact Riemann surfaces

  • François Golse

    École Polytechnique, Paris, France

  • Pierre Lochak

    Paris, France
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Abstract

We derive an infinitesimal (or variational) version of the Selberg trace formula for compact Riemann surfaces, which gives information on the behaviour of the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator as the surface varies over the appropriate moduli space.

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François Golse, Pierre Lochak, An infinitesimal trace formula for the Laplace operator on compact Riemann surfaces. Comment. Math. Helv. 78 (2003), no. 4, pp. 731–739

DOI 10.1007/S00014-003-0773-X