Conformally invariant powers of the Laplacian, Q-curvature, and tractor calculus

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-378

  Gover, A Rod ^a   Peterson, Lawrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0038305983     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-002-0790-4     Document Type: Article

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