Exceptional invariants in the parabolic invariant theory of conformal geometry

Bailey, Toby N.; Gover, A. Rod

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1243161-5

Exceptional invariants in the parabolic invariant theory of conformal geometry
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Abstract:

We provide a construction for the exceptional invariants of certain modules for a parabolic subgroup of a pseudo-orthogonal group. The invariant theory of these modules has applications in conformal geometry.

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