Spectral Theory and Geometry [Paperback]

Authoritative lectures from world experts on spectral theory and geometry.This volume brings together lectures from an instructional meeting on spectral theory and geometry held under the auspices of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh. The contributions here come from world experts and many are much expanded versions of the lectures they gave. Together they survey the core material and go beyond to reach deeper results. For graduate students and experts alike, this book will be a highly useful resource.This volume brings together lectures from an instructional meeting on spectral theory and geometry held under the auspices of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh. The contributions here come from world experts and many are much expanded versions of the lectures they gave. Together they survey the core material and go beyond to reach deeper results. For graduate students and experts alike, this book will be a highly useful resource.This volume brings together lectures from a conference on spectral theory and geometry held under the auspices of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh. The contributions by world experts include expanded versions of many of the original lectures. Together, they survey the core material and go beyond to reach deeper results. For graduate students and experts alike, this book will be a highly useful resource.1. Basic Riemannian geometry F. E. Burstall; 2. The Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds I. Chavel; 3. Computational spectral theory E. B. Davies; 4. Isoperimetric and universal inequalities for eigenvalues M. Ashbaugh; 5. Estimates of heat kernels on Riemannian manifolds A. Grigoryan; 6. Spectral theory of the Schr?dinger operators on non-compact manifolds: qualitative results M. Shubin; 7. Lectures on wave invariants S. Zelditch.'The book provides an excellent overview of the relation between the spectral theory of partial differential operators and the geoml#A