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Let $A$ be a selfadjoint elliptic differential operator on a compact manifold. In mathematical physics and differential topology one often defines its determinant using the $\zeta$-function regularization which will be denoted below by $\det_\zeta(A)$.

QUESTION. Let $A,B$ be two commuting selfadjoint elliptic differential operators. Then their product $AB$ is also selfadjoint and elliptic. Is it true that $\det_\zeta(AB)=\det_\zeta(A)\det_\zeta(B)?$

This question is closely related to this one $\zeta$-function regularized determinants

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    $\begingroup$ No. There's a paper on this by Kontsevich and Vishik, called DETERMINANTS OF ELLIPTIC PSEUDO-DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS. $\endgroup$
    – user1688
    Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 12:07

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