On the heat equation and the index theorem

The Index of Elliptic Operators: III

Michael Atiyah, I. M. Singer · Annals of Mathematics · 1968 · 1.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Cryptography +9

The Index of Elliptic Operators: I

Michael Atiyah, I. M. Singer · Annals of Mathematics · 1968 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Algebra +8

Curvature and the eigenvalues of the Laplacian

H. P. McKean, I. M. Singer · Journal of Differential Geometry · 1967 · 950 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +8

Some Properties of the Eigenfunctions of The Laplace-Operator on Riemannian Manifolds

S. Minakshisundaram, Åke Pleijel · Canadian Journal of Mathematics · 1949 · 749 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Differential Equations +13

Clifford modules

Michael Atiyah, R. Bott, Alexander Shapiro · Topology · 1964 · 738 citations