Families of Conformally Covariant Differential Operators, Q-Curvature and Holography

by Andreas Juhl

A basic problem in geometry is to ?nd canonical metrics on smooth manifolds. Such metrics can be speci?ed, for instance, by curvature conditions or extremality properties, and are expected to contain basic information on the topology of the underlying manifold. Constant curvature metrics on surfaces are such canonical metrics. Their distinguished role is emphasized by classical uniformization theory. Amorerecentcharacterizationofthesemetrics describes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 376439899X
• ISBN13: 9783764398996
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"