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The decomposition of global conformal invariants /
This book addresses a basic question in differential geometry that was first considered by physicists Stanley Deser and Adam Schwimmer in 1993 in their study of conformal anomalies. The question concerns conformally invariant functionals on the space of Riemannian metrics over a given manifold. Thes...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Annals of mathematics studies ;
no. 182. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This book addresses a basic question in differential geometry that was first considered by physicists Stanley Deser and Adam Schwimmer in 1993 in their study of conformal anomalies. The question concerns conformally invariant functionals on the space of Riemannian metrics over a given manifold. These functionals act on a metric by first constructing a Riemannian scalar out of it, and then integrating this scalar over the manifold. Suppose this integral remains invariant under conformal re-scalings of the underlying metric. What information can one then deduce about the Riemannian scalar? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (460 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842728 1400842727 9780691153476 0691153477 9780691153483 0691153485 |