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The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional is defined and studied. It is shown that analytic torsion and similar invariants can be interpreted as partition functions of quadratic functionals.
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Schwarz, A.S. The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional and Ray-Singer invariants. Letters in Mathematical Physics 2, 247–252 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406412
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