Q-Curvature, Spectral Invariants, and Representation Theory
| dc.creator | Branson, Thomas P. | |
| dc.date | 2007-09-16 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:34:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:34:10Z | |
| dc.description | We give an introductory account of functional determinants of elliptic operators on manifolds and Polyakov-type formulas for their infinitesimal and finite conformal variations. We relate this to extremal problems and to the Q-curvature on even-dimensional conformal manifolds. The exposition is self-contained, in the sense of giving references sufficient to allow the reader to work through all details. | |
| dc.description | This is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference in honor of Thomas P. Branson, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/ | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2471 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2471 | |
| dc.identifier | SIGMA 3 (2007), 090, 31 pages | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2007.090 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/159395 | |
| dc.subject | Differential Geometry | |
| dc.subject | Mathematical Physics | |
| dc.title | Q-Curvature, Spectral Invariants, and Representation Theory | |
| dc.type | text |