Families of Conformally Covariant Differential Operators, Q-Curvature and Holography

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Juhl, Andreas (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.
• Σειρά: Progress in Mathematics ; 275
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Global analysis (Mathematics).; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Differential geometry.; Physics.; Differential Geometry.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The central object of the book is a subtle scalar Riemannian curvature quantity in even dimensions which is called Branson’s Q-curvature. It was introduced by Thomas Branson about 15 years ago in connection with an attempt to systematise the structure of conformal anomalies of determinants of confor...