Heat kernel and quantum gravity/
Ivan G. Avramidi.
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2000.
- x, 149 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-139) and index.
Introduction.- Background Field Method in Quantum Field Theory.- Technique for Calculation of De Witt Coefficients.- Partial Summation of Schwinger-De Witt expansion.- Higher-derivative Quantum Gravity.- References.- Notation.- Index.
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Quantum gravity. Quantum field theory. Kernel functions. Spectral geometry.