Explicit formulas for GJMS-operators and Q-curvatures

DOI10.1007/S00039-013-0232-9zbMATH Open1293.53049arXiv1108.0273OpenAlexW2963700904MaRDI QIDQ359545FDOQ359545

Authors: Andreas Juhl 

Publication date: 12 August 2013

Published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe GJMS-operators as linear combinations of compositions of natural second-order differential operators. These are defined in terms of Poincar'e-Einstein metrics and renormalized volume coefficients. As special cases, we find explicit formulas for conformally covariant third and fourth powers of the Laplacian. Moreover, we prove related formulas for all Branson's $Q$-curvatures. The results settle and refine conjectural statements in earlier works. The proofs rest on the theory of residue families.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0273

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zbMATH Keywords

Branson's \(Q\)-curvatureGJMS-operatorsresidue familyPoincaré-Einstein metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Einstein equations (35Q76)

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