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Weyl symmetry and the Liouville theory

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The flat-space conformal invariance and the curved-space Weyl invariance are simply related in dimensions greater than two. In two dimensions, the Liouville theory presents an exceptional situation, which we examine here.

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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 80–88, July, 2006.

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Jackiw, R. Weyl symmetry and the Liouville theory. Theor Math Phys 148, 941–947 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-006-0090-9

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