A conformally invariant differential operator on Weyl tensor densities (Q1603282)
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A conformally invariant differential operator on Weyl tensor densities (English)
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11 July 2002
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The authors study conformally invariant linear differential operators of order 4 on conformal four-manifolds and derive a tensorial formula for this kind of operator. Such operator is applied to algebraic Weyl tensor densities of a certain conformal weight, and takes its values in algebraic Weyl tensor densities of another weight. Under this operator, self-dual and anti-self-dual Weyl tensor densities are interchanged, in a way reminiscent of the chirality switch effected by the Dirac operator.
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conformal four-manifolds
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invariant differential operators
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Weyl tensor densities
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anti-self-dual Weyl tensor densities
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chirality switch
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Dirac operator
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