TY - BOOK AU - Avramidi,Ivan G. TI - Heat kernel and quantum gravity SN - 3540671552 U1 - 530 PY - 2000/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - Springer KW - Quantum gravity KW - Quantum field theory KW - Kernel functions KW - Spectral geometry N1 - 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 ER -