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We use the Chern-Simons formulation of higher spin theories in three dimensions to study aspects of holographic W-gravity. Concepts which were useful in studies of pure bulk gravity theories, such as the Fefferman-Graham gauge and the residual gauge transformations, which induce Weyl transformations in the boundary theory and their higher spin generalizations, are reformulated in the Chern-Simons language. Flat connections that correspond to conformal and lightcone gauges in the boundary theory are considered.
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Li, W., Theisen, S. Some aspects of holographic W-gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 35 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)035
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