## Osaka Journal of Mathematics

### Zeta determinant and operator determinants

Mauro Spreafico

#### Abstract

We apply techniques of zeta functions and regularized products theory to study the zeta determinant of a class of abstract operators with compact resolvent, and in particular the relation with other spectral functions.

#### Article information

Source
Osaka J. Math., Volume 48, Number 1 (2011), 41-50.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 22 March 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1300802703

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2802591

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1222.58028

#### Citation

Spreafico, Mauro. Zeta determinant and operator determinants. Osaka J. Math. 48 (2011), no. 1, 41--50. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1300802703

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