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The trace formula and orbifolds.

Alejandro Uribe
University of Michigan

Thursday, November 20, 2003
102 Bradley Hall, 4 pm
Tea 3:30 pm, Math Lounge

Abstract: In this talk I will review the trace formula for elliptic operators of Duistermaat-Guillemin and Colin de Verdiere in the manifold case, and explore its extension to the orbifold case (work in progress with Elizabeth Stanhope.)

This talk will be accessible to graduate students.