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THE SPECTRA OF THE SPHERICAL AND EUCLIDEAN TRIANGLE GROUPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2007

MARK HARMER*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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We derive the spectrum of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on the quotient orbifold of the nonhyperbolic triangle groups.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 Australian Mathematical Society

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