Non-uniqueness results for critical metrics of regularized determinants in four dimensions

DOI10.1007/s00220-012-1535-7zbMath1251.53059arXiv1105.3762OpenAlexW2060896511MaRDI QIDQ455682

Andrea Malchiodi, Matthew J. Gursky

Publication date: 22 October 2012

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3762

zbMATH Keywords

gauge equivalenceconformal LaplacianHodge LaplacianPaneitz operatorregularized determinant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Determinants and determinant bundles, analytic torsion (58J52)

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Critical metrics for log-determinant functionals in conformal geometry ⋮ Solutions of Liouville equations with non-trivial profile in dimensions 2 and 4 ⋮ Conformally variational Riemannian invariants ⋮ Functional determinant on pseudo-Einstein 3-manifolds

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