Conformal geometry and global invariants

DOI10.1016/0926-2245(91)90004-SzbMath0785.53025OpenAlexW2092951154WikidataQ115362853 ScholiaQ115362853MaRDI QIDQ1311959

Thomas P. Branson, Bent Orsted

Publication date: 31 January 1994

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0926-2245(91)90004-s

zbMATH Keywords

conformal invariantsspectral invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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