Nullspaces of Conformally Invariant Operators. Applications to -curvature

Y Canzani, A Gover, D Jakobson, R Ponge - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2012 - arxiv.org
arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0517, 2012arxiv.org
We study conformal invariants that arise from functions in the nullspace of conformally
covariant differential operators. The invariants include nodal sets and the topology of nodal
domains of eigenfunctions in the kernel of GJMS operators. We establish that on any
manifold of dimension $ n\geq 3$, there exist many metrics for which our invariants are
nontrivial. We discuss new applications to curvature prescription problems.
We study conformal invariants that arise from functions in the nullspace of conformally covariant differential operators. The invariants include nodal sets and the topology of nodal domains of eigenfunctions in the kernel of GJMS operators. We establish that on any manifold of dimension , there exist many metrics for which our invariants are nontrivial. We discuss new applications to curvature prescription problems.
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