The Decomposition of Global Conformal Invariants: Some Technical Proofs. I

• Published in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Date: 2011
• Main Author: Alexakis, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2011
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/146788
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: The Decomposition of Global Conformal Invariants: Some Technical Proofs. I / S. Alexakis // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2011. — Т. 7. — Бібліогр.: 26 назв. — англ.

This paper forms part of a larger work where we prove a conjecture of Deser and Schwimmer regarding the algebraic structure of ''global conformal invariants''; these are defined to be conformally invariant integrals of geometric scalars. The conjecture asserts that the integrand...