Conformally invariant operators, differential forms, cohomology and a generalisation of Q-curvature

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1611-1669

  Branson, Thomas ^a   Gover, A Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambient construction; Cohomology; Conformal geometry; Elliptic complex; Gauge theory; Invariant differential operators; Q curvature; Tractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944441048     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605300500299943     Document Type: Article

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