Preface |
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Overview |
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Introduction |
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1 Complex Dimensions of Ordinary Fractal Strings |
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9 | (24) |
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1.1 The Geometry of a Fractal String |
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9 | (7) |
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1.1.1 The Multiplicity of the Lengths |
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12 | (1) |
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1.1.2 Example: The Cantor String |
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13 | (3) |
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1.2 The Geometric Zeta Function of a Fractal String |
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16 | (7) |
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1.2.1 The Screen and the Window |
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18 | (4) |
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1.2.2 The Cantor String (continued) |
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22 | (1) |
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1.3 The Frequencies of a Fractal String and the Spectral Zeta Function |
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23 | (3) |
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1.4 Higher-Dimensional Analogue: Fractal Sprays |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (4) |
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2 Complex Dimensions of Self-Similar Fractal Strings |
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33 | (30) |
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2.1 Construction of a Self-Similar Fractal String |
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33 | (5) |
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2.1.1 Relation with Self-Similar Sets |
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35 | (3) |
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2.2 The Geometric Zeta Function of a Self-Similar String |
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38 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Self-Similar Strings with a Single Gap |
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40 | (1) |
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2.3 Examples of Complex Dimensions of Self-Similar Strings |
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41 | (10) |
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41 | (2) |
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2.3.2 The Fibonacci String |
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43 | (3) |
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2.3.3 The Modified Cantor and Fibonacci Strings |
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46 | (1) |
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2.3.4 A String with Multiple Poles |
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47 | (1) |
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2.3.5 Two Nonlattice Examples: the Two-Three String and the Golden String |
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47 | (4) |
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2.4 The Lattice and Nonlattice Case |
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51 | (3) |
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2.5 The Structure of the Complex Dimensions |
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54 | (7) |
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2.6 The Asymptotic Density of the Poles in the Nonlattice Case |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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3 Complex Dimensions of Nonlattice Self-Similar Strings: Quasiperiodic Patterns and Diophantine Approximation |
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63 | (52) |
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3.1 Dirichlet Polynomial Equations |
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64 | (2) |
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3.1.1 The Generic Nonlattice Case |
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65 | (1) |
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3.2 Examples of Dirichlet Polynomial Equations |
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66 | (5) |
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3.2.1 Generic and Nongeneric Nonlattice Equations |
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66 | (5) |
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3.2.2 The Complex Roots of the Golden Plus Equation |
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71 | (1) |
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3.3 The Structure of the Complex Roots |
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71 | (7) |
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3.4 Approximating a Nonlattice Equation by Lattice Equations |
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78 | (12) |
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3.4.1 Diophantine Approximation |
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81 | (3) |
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3.4.2 The Quasiperiodic Pattern of the Complex Dimensions |
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84 | (3) |
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3.4.3 Application to Nonlattice Strings |
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87 | (3) |
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3.5 Complex Roots of a Nonlattice Dirichlet Polynomial |
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90 | (11) |
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3.5.1 Continued Fractions |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (6) |
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3.5.3 More than Two Generators |
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98 | (3) |
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3.6 Dimension-Free Regions |
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101 | (7) |
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3.7 The Dimensions of Fractality of a Nonlattice String |
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108 | (11) |
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3.7.1 The Density of the Real Parts |
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108 | (11) |
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3.8 A Note on the Computations |
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4 Generalized Fractal Strings Viewed as Measures |
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115 | (18) |
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4.1 Generalized Fractal Strings |
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116 | (5) |
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4.1.1 Examples of Generalized Fractal Strings |
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119 | (2) |
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4.2 The Frequencies of a Generalized Fractal String |
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121 | (5) |
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4.2.1 Completion of the Harmonic String: Euler Product |
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124 | (2) |
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4.3 Generalized Fractal Sprays |
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126 | (1) |
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4.4 The Measure of a Self-Similar String |
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126 | (5) |
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4.4.1 Measures with a Self-Similarity Property |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (2) |
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5 Explicit Formulas for Generalized Fractal Strings |
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133 | (42) |
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133 | (5) |
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5.1.1 Outline of the Proof |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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5.2 Preliminaries: The Heaviside Function |
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138 | (4) |
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5.3 Pointwise Explicit Formulas |
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142 | (12) |
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5.3.1 The Order of the Sum over the Complex Dimensions |
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153 | (1) |
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5.4 Distributional Explicit Formulas |
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154 | (16) |
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5.4.1 Extension to More General Test Functions |
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159 | (4) |
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5.4.2 The Order of the Distributional Error Term |
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163 | (7) |
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5.5 Example: The Prime Number Theorem |
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170 | (3) |
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5.5.1 The Riemann-von Mangoldt Formula |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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6 The Geometry and the Spectrum of Fractal Strings |
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175 | (34) |
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6.1 The Local Terms in the Explicit Formulas |
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176 | (4) |
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6.1.1 The Geometric Local Terms |
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176 | (2) |
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6.1.2 The Spectral Local Terms |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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6.1.4 The Distribution xw logm x |
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179 | (1) |
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6.2 Explicit Formulas for Lengths and Frequencies |
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180 | (4) |
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6.2.1 The Geometric Counting Function of a Fractal String |
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180 | (1) |
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6.2.2 The Spectral Counting Function of a Fractal String |
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181 | (1) |
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6.2.3 The Geometric and Spectral Partition Functions |
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182 | (2) |
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6.3 The Direct Spectral Problem for Fractal Strings |
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184 | (5) |
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6.3.1 The Density of Geometric and Spectral States |
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184 | (2) |
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6.3.2 The Spectral Operator and its Euler Product |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (9) |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (2) |
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6.4.3 The Spectrum of a Self-Similar String |
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195 | (3) |
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6.5 Examples of Non-Self-Similar Strings |
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198 | (4) |
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198 | (3) |
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6.5.2 The Spectrum of the Harmonic String |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (7) |
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6.6.1 The Sierpinski Drum |
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203 | (3) |
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6.6.2 The Spectrum of a Self-Similar Spray |
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206 | (3) |
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7 Periodic Orbits of Self-Similar Flows |
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209 | (24) |
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210 | (2) |
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7.1.1 The Zeta Function of a Dynamical System |
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211 | (1) |
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7.2 Periodic Orbits, Euler Product |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (6) |
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7.3.1 Examples of Self-Similar Flows |
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218 | (2) |
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7.3.2 The Lattice and Nonlattice Case |
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220 | (1) |
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7.4 The Prime Orbit Theorem for Suspended Flows |
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221 | (5) |
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7.4.1 The Prime Orbit Theorem for Self-Similar Flows |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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7.5 The Error Term in the Nonlattice Case |
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226 | (4) |
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226 | (1) |
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7.5.2 More Than Two Generators |
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227 | (3) |
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230 | (3) |
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8 Tubular Neighborhoods and Minkowski Measurability |
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233 | (34) |
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8.1 Explicit Formulas for the Volume of Tubular Neighborhoods |
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234 | (9) |
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8.1.1 The Pointwisc Tube Formula |
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239 | (3) |
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8.1.2 Example: The a-String |
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242 | (1) |
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8.2 Analogy with Riemannian Geometry |
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243 | (1) |
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8.3 Minkowski Measurability and Complex Dimensions |
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244 | (5) |
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8.4 Tube Formulas for Self-Similar Strings |
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249 | (15) |
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8.4.1 Generalized Cantor Strings |
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249 | (3) |
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8.4.2 Lattice Self-Similar Strings |
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252 | (5) |
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8.4.3 The Average Minkowski Content |
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257 | (3) |
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8.4.4 Nonlattice Self-Similar Strings |
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260 | (4) |
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264 | (3) |
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9 The Riemann Hypothesis and Inverse Spectral Problems |
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267 | (12) |
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9.1 The Inverse Spectral Problem |
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268 | (3) |
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9.2 Complex Dimensions of Fractal Strings and the Riemann Hypothesis |
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271 | (3) |
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9.3 Fractal Sprays and the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (3) |
10 Generalized Cantor Strings and their Oscillations |
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279 | (14) |
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10.1 The Geometry of a Generalized Cantor String |
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279 | (3) |
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10.2 The Spectrum of a Generalized Cantor String |
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282 | (5) |
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10.2.1 Integral Cantor Strings: α-adic Analysis of the Geometric and Spectral Oscillations |
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284 | (3) |
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10.2.2 Nonintegral Cantor Strings: Analysis of the Jumps in the Spectral Counting Function |
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287 | (1) |
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10.3 The Truncated Cantor String |
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287 | (4) |
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10.3.1 The Spectrum of the Truncated Cantor String |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
11 The Critical Zeros of Zeta Functions |
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293 | (32) |
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11.1 The Riemann Zeta. Function: No Critical Zeros in Arithmetic Progression |
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294 | (9) |
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11.1.1 Finite Arithmetic Progressions of Zeros |
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297 | (6) |
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11.2 Extension to Other Zeta Functions |
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303 | (2) |
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11.3 Density of Nonzeros on Vertical Lines |
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305 | (2) |
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11.3.1 Almost Arithmetic Progressions of Zeros |
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306 | (1) |
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11.4 Extension to L-Series |
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307 | (9) |
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11.4.1 Finite Arithmetic Progressions of Zeros of L-Series |
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308 | (8) |
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11.5 Zeta Functions of Curves Over Finite Fields |
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316 | (9) |
12 Concluding Comments, Open Problems, and Perspectives |
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325 | (62) |
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12.1 Conjectures about Zeros of Dirichlet Series |
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327 | (3) |
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12.2 A New Definition of Fractality |
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330 | (10) |
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12.2.1 Fractal Geometers' Intuition of Fractality |
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331 | (3) |
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12.2.2 Our Definition of Fractality |
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334 | (4) |
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12.2.3 Possible Connections with the Notion of Lacunarity |
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338 | (2) |
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12.3 Fractality and Self-Similarity |
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340 | (14) |
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12.3.1 Complex Dimensions and Tube Formula for the Koch Snowflake Curve |
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342 | (7) |
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12.3.2 Towards a Higher-Dimensional Theory of Complex Dimensions |
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349 | (5) |
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12.4 Random and Quantized Fractal Strings |
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354 | (15) |
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12.4.1 Random Fractal Strings and their Zeta Functions |
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354 | (7) |
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12.4.2 Fractal Membranes: Quantized Fractal Strings |
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361 | (8) |
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12.5 The Spectrum of a Fractal Drum |
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369 | (9) |
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12.5.1 The Weyb-Berry Conjecture |
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369 | (2) |
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12.5.2 The Spectrum of a Self-Similar Drum |
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371 | (4) |
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12.5.3 Spectrum and Periodic Orbits |
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375 | (3) |
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12.6 The Complex Dimensions as the Spectrum of Shifts |
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378 | (1) |
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12.7 The Complex Dimensions as Geometric Invariants |
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378 | (6) |
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12.7.1 Connection with Varieties over Finite Fields |
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380 | (2) |
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12.7.2 Complex Cohomology of Self-Similar Strings |
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382 | (2) |
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384 | (3) |
A Zeta Functions in Number Theory |
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387 | (12) |
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A.1 The Dedekind Zeta Function |
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387 | (1) |
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A.2 Characters and Hecke L-series |
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388 | (1) |
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A.3 Completion of L-Series. Functional Equation |
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389 | (1) |
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A.4 Epstein Zeta Functions |
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390 | (1) |
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A.5 Two-Variable Zeta Functions |
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391 | (5) |
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A.5.1 The Zeta Function of Pellikaan |
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392 | (2) |
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A.5.2 The Zeta Function of School' and van der Geer |
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394 | (2) |
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A.6 Other Zeta Functions in Number Theory |
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396 | (3) |
B Zeta Functions of Laplacians and Spectral Asymptotics |
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399 | (8) |
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B.1 Weyl's Asymptotic Formula |
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399 | (2) |
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B.2 Heat Asymptotic Expansion |
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401 | (1) |
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B.3 The Spectral Zeta Function and its Poles |
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401 | (5) |
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B.4.1 Monotonic Second Term |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
C An Application of Nevanlinna Theory |
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407 | (6) |
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408 | (1) |
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C.2 Complex Zeros of Dirichlet Polynomials |
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409 | (4) |
Bibliography |
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413 | (26) |
Acknowledgements |
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439 | (4) |
Conventions |
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443 | (2) |
Index of Symbols |
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445 | (4) |
Author Index |
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449 | (2) |
Subject Index |
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