Normally hyperbolic operators, the Huygens property and conformal geometry (Q1126451)

The authors give a review on normally hyperbolic operators of Huygens type. The methods to determine Huygens operators we explain here were essentially influenced and developed by Paul Günther. Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Riesz distributions. 3. Normally hyperbolic operators. 4. Huygens operators. 5. Conformal gauge invariance of Huygens operators. 6. The moments of normally hyperbolic operators. 7. Applications.