On the recursive structure of Branson's Q-curvature

2010/04/11 by Andreas Juhl, Juhl, Andreas
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #53A30 #53B20 #58J50 #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1004.1784

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Abstract

We prove universal recursive formulas for Branson's Q-curvatures in terms of respective lower-order Q-curvatures, lower-order GJMS-operators and holographic coefficients.

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