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In the present chapter, we review the GJMS-construction of conformally covariant powers of the Laplacian, describe Branson’s definition of Q-curvature, and discuss the relation of both to geometric scattering theory on conformally compact Einstein manifolds.
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(2009). Conformally Covariant Powers of the Laplacian, Q-curvature and Scattering Theory. In: Families of Conformally Covariant Differential Operators, Q-Curvature and Holography. Progress in Mathematics, vol 275. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-9900-9_3
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