Title: A primer on the spectral zeta function
Speaker: Guglielmo Fucci (East Carolina University)
Speaker's URL: http://myweb.ecu.edu/fuccig/
Abstract: Important properties of physical systems in the ambit of quantum field theory are often encoded in the spectrum of Laplace-type operators. To analyze such properties the spectrum is organized in the form of so-called spectral functions. The most prominent spectral function employed in mathematical physics is the spectral zeta function. This talk will serve as a gentle introduction to this important function and will illustrate, through simple examples, the analytic techniques used to study it. This talk is designed to provide the audience with a basic understanding of the spectral zeta function and its potential applications and is especially suitable for graduate students and non-experts.
URL associated with Seminar: https://u.osu.edu/aots/
