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NJ 08544-1000, USA E-mail address: chang@math.princeton SA 5005, Australia E-mail address: meastwoo@maths.adelaide.edu
- Publisher
- Springer Journals
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- Subject
- Mathematics; Mathematics, general; Computer Science, general; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Complex Systems; Classical Mechanics
- ISSN
- 0167-8019
- eISSN
- 1572-9036
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10440-008-9229-z
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Abstract
Branson’s Q-curvature is now recognized as a fundamental quantity in conformal geometry. We outline its construction and present its basic properties.
Journal
Acta Applicandae Mathematicae – Springer Journals
Published: Mar 21, 2008