Meromorphic continuation approach to noncommutative geometry

Abstract

Following an idea of Nigel Higson, we develop a method for proving the existence of a meromor-phic continuation for some spectral zeta functions. The method is based on algebras of generalized differential operators. The main theorem states, under some conditions, the existence of a meromor-phic continuation, a localization of the poles in supports of arithmetic sequences and an upper bound of their order. We give an application in relation with a class of nilpotent Lie algebras.