Conformally invariant differential operators on Minkowski space and their curved analogues

DOI10.1007/BF01215221zbMath0659.53047OpenAlexW2020404846MaRDI QIDQ1112349

John W. Rice, Michael G. Eastwood

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01215221

zbMATH Keywords

Verma modulesconformally invariant differential operatorsmassless field equationsPenrose's local twistor transport

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds (58J70) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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