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Spectral and Scattering Theory

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Spectral Theory of Infinite-Area Hyperbolic Surfaces

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The basic spectral theory of the Laplacian on a geometrically finite hyperbolic manifold was worked out by Lax-Phillips [148151], in the abstract framework of Lax-Phillips scattering theory [152].

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Borthwick, D. (2016). Spectral and Scattering Theory. In: Spectral Theory of Infinite-Area Hyperbolic Surfaces. Progress in Mathematics, vol 318. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33877-4_7

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