Poincare-einstein holography for forms via conformal geometry in the bulk

Rod Gover, Emanuele Latini, Andrew Waldron

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    Abstract

    We study higher form Proca equations on Einstein manifolds with boundary data along conformal infinity. We solve these Laplace-type boundary problems formally, and to all orders, by constructing an operator which projects arbitrary forms to solutions. We also develop a product formula for solving these asymptotic problems in general. The central tools of our approach are (i) the conformal geometry of differential forms and the associated exterior tractor calculus, and (ii) a generalised notion of scale which encodes the connection between the underlying geometry and its boundary. The latter also controls the breaking of conformal invariance in a very strict way by coupling conformally invariant equations to the scale tractor associated with the generalised scale. From this, we obtain a map from existing solutions to new ones that exchanges Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. Together, the scale tractor and exterior structure extend the solution generating algebra of Gover and Waldron to a conformally invariant, Poincaré-Einstein calculus on (tractor) differential forms. This calculus leads to explicit holographic formulæ for all the higher order conformal operators on weighted differential forms, differential complexes, and Q-operators of Branson and Gover (2005). This complements the results of Aubry and Guillarmou where associated conformal harmonic spaces parametrise smooth solutions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-106
    Number of pages106
    JournalMemoirs of the American Mathematical Society
    Volume235
    Issue number1106
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2015

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