ESSENTIAL SPECTRUMS OF THE DIRAC OPERATORS ON NON-COMPACT POSITIVELY CURVED MANIFOLDS

Shigeo Kawai (Japan)

Received June 3, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: Dirac operator, essential spectrum.