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Quadratic Forms and Closed Geodesics

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The Laplace Operator<br />

<strong>Quadratic</strong> <strong>Forms</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Closed</strong><br />

<strong>Geodesics</strong><br />

Y. Petridis<br />

<strong>Quadratic</strong> <strong>Forms</strong><br />

( )<br />

∂<br />

∆ = −y 2 2<br />

∂x 2 + ∂2<br />

∂y 2<br />

∆f = 0 ⇔ f is harmonic<br />

Eigenvalue problem: Solve<br />

Hyperbolic<br />

surfaces<br />

<strong>Closed</strong><br />

<strong>Geodesics</strong><br />

Spectral Theory<br />

∆f = λf<br />

Infinite Matrix, no determinant to compute eigenvalues.<br />

I require f (γz) = f (z), γ ∈ Γ (automorphic form)

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