Scalar curvature and \(Q\)-curvature of random metrics

DOI10.1007/s12220-013-9406-9zbMath1314.53070OpenAlexW2949825746MaRDI QIDQ5891887

Yaiza Canzani, Igor Wigman, Dmitry Jakobson

Publication date: 18 November 2014

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-013-9406-9

zbMATH Keywords

scalar curvatureLaplacianconformal geometryconformal classexcursion probabilityGaussian random fieldsQ-curvature

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