Ambient metric construction of Q-curvature in conformal and CR geometries

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 819-831

  Fefferman, Charles ^a   Hirachi, Kengo ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0742306042     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/mrl.2003.v10.n6.a9     Document Type: Article

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