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Reidemeister torsion and analytic torsion of spheres

Reidemeister torsion and analytic torsion of spheres

Thiago de Melo and Mauro Spreafico

We provide a simple topological derivation of a formula for the Reidemeister and the analytic torsion of spheres. 

Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures, Vol. 4(2009), No. 1, pp. 181-185