The Ambient Obstruction Tensor and Q-Curvature

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It is shown that the variational derivative of the integral of Branson's Q-curvature is the ambient obstruction tensor of Fefferman-Graham. A classification of irreducible conformally invariant tensors modulo quadratic and higher degree terms in curvature is established.
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Differential Geometry, 53B20

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/71061

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https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0405068
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