Spectral Theory and Geometry

'The book provides an excellent overview of the relation between the spectral theory of partial differential operators and the geometry of the underlying manifolds.' Dmitri Vassiliev, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

• 1. Basic Riemannian geometry F. E. Burstall; 2. The Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds I. Chavel; 3. Computational spectral theory E. B. Davies; 4. Isoperimetric and universal inequalities for eigenvalues M. Ashbaugh; 5. Estimates of heat kernels on Riemannian manifolds A. Grigoryan; 6. Spectral theory of the Schrödinger operators on non-compact manifolds: qualitative results M. Shubin; 7. Lectures on wave invariants S. Zelditch.