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mhill
Nov6-08, 02:19 AM
hi, i would need help to compute (approximately) the functional determinant

Det ( -\partial ^{2} + V(\phi ) )

where V(\phi)= \phi ^{N} being 'N' an integer, if someone can give me a hint, i think i have seen anywhere before but i can not remember the article.