## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Geometric parametrices and the many-body Birman-Schwinger principle

I. M. Sigal

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 50, Number 2 (1983), 517-537.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077303207

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-83-05023-8

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR705038

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0543.47044

Subjects
Primary: 81C12
Secondary: 35P99: None of the above, but in this section

#### Citation

Sigal, I. M. Geometric parametrices and the many-body Birman-Schwinger principle. Duke Math. J. 50 (1983), no. 2, 517--537. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-83-05023-8. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077303207.

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