Conformal invariants of Minkowski space
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The conformal invariant defined for compact Riemannian manifolds by Yamabe is generalized to pseudo-Riemannian manifolds and is shown to be nontrivial for Minkowski space. We also make some elementary remarks about generalizations of Yamabeâs equation to sections of vector bundles, as have been studied by physicists concerned with Goldstone bosons and the Higgs mechanism.References
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- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 565-570
- MSC: Primary 58G30; Secondary 53C50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0810164-5
- MathSciNet review: 810164