R-Torsion and the Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds

Partial differential equations of parabolic type

John S. Maybee · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1965 · 3.3K citations

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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

Whitehead torsion

John Milnor · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1966 · 496 citations · Full text

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A Duality Theorem for Reidemeister Torsion

John Milnor · Annals of Mathematics · 1962 · 264 citations

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On Induced Representations of Groups

George W. Mackey · American Journal of Mathematics · 1951 · 246 citations

Natural Sciences, Social Psychology, Representation Theory +7