Conformal geometry of embedded manifolds with boundary from universal holographic formulæ

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Authors

  • Cesar Arias
  • A. Rod Gover
  • Andrew Waldron

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  • Universidad Andres Bello
  • University of Auckland
  • University of California at Davis
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Original languageEnglish
Article number107700
Number of pages59
JournalAdvances in mathematics
Volume384
Early online date8 Apr 2021
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2021

Abstract

For an embedded conformal hypersurface with boundary, we construct critical order local invariants and their canonically associated differential operators. These are obtained holographically in a construction that uses a singular Yamabe problem and a corresponding minimal hypersurface with boundary. They include an extrinsic Q-curvature for the boundary of the embedded conformal manifold and, for its interior, the Q-curvature and accompanying boundary transgression curvatures. This gives universal formulæ for extrinsic analogs of Branson Q-curvatures that simultaneously generalize the Willmore energy density, including the boundary transgression terms required for conformal invariance. It also gives extrinsic conformal Laplacian power type operators associated with all these curvatures. The construction also gives formulæ for the divergent terms and anomalies in the volume and hyper-area asymptotics determined by minimal hypersurfaces having boundary at the conformal infinity. A main feature is the development of a universal, distribution-based, boundary calculus for the treatment of these and related problems.

Keywords

    Conformal geometry, Embedded manifolds with boundary, Minimal hypersurface asymptotics, Q and T-transgression curvatures, Willmore energies with boundary, Yamabe problem

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Conformal geometry of embedded manifolds with boundary from universal holographic formulæ. / Arias, Cesar; Gover, A. Rod; Waldron, Andrew.
In: Advances in mathematics, Vol. 384, 107700, 25.06.2021.

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Arias C, Gover AR, Waldron A. Conformal geometry of embedded manifolds with boundary from universal holographic formulæ. Advances in mathematics. 2021 Jun 25;384:107700. Epub 2021 Apr 8. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1906.01731, 10.1016/j.aim.2021.107700
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