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Let $(M,g)$ be a pseudo-Riemannian manifold and $F_\lambda(M)$ the space of densities of degree $\lambda$ on $M$. We study the space $D^2_{\lambda,\mu}(M)$ of second-order differential operators from $F_\lambda(M)$ to $F_\mu(M)$. If $(M,g)$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 C. Duval , V. Ovsienko

On locally conformally flat manifolds we describe a construction which maps generalised conformal Killing tensors to differential operators which may act on any conformally weighted tensor bundle; the operators in the range have the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-09 A. Rod Gover , Josef Silhan

We prove existence and uniqueness of a sequence of differential intertwining operators for spherical principal series representations, which are realized on boundaries of anti de Sitter spaces. Algebraically, these operators correspond to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-03-22 Pierre Bäcklund

We introduce a metric-dependent geometric variant of factorization homology in conformally flat Riemannian geometry for $d \geq 2$. Its coefficients are symmetric monoidal functors from a disk category in conformal Riemannian geometry to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Yuto Moriwaki

We introduce the notion of formally self-adjoint conformally covariant polydifferential operators and give some constructions of families of such operators. In one direction, we show that any homogeneous conformally variational scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-14 Jeffrey S. Case , Yueh-Ju Lin , Wei Yuan

We derive extrinsic GJMS operators and $Q$-curvatures associated to a submanifold of a conformal manifold. The operators are conformally covariant scalar differential operators on the submanifold with leading part a power of the Laplacian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-20 Jeffrey S. Case , C Robin Graham , Tzu-Mo Kuo

We provide some insights in the study of branching problems of reductive groups, and a method of investigations into symmetry breaking operators. First, we give geometric criteria for finiteness property of linearly independent continuous…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Toshiyuki Kobayashi

We introduce a large class of conformally-covariant differential operators and a crossing equation that they obey. Together, these tools dramatically simplify calculations involving operators with spin in conformal field theories. As an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Denis Karateev , Petr Kravchuk , David Simmons-Duffin

Given a weight of $sl(n,\mbb{C})$, we derive a system of variable-coefficient second-order linear partial differential equations that determines the singular vectors in the corresponding Verma module, and a differential-operator…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-26 Xiaoping Xu

We study superdifferential operators of order $2n+1$ which are covariant with respect to superconformal changes of coordinates on a compact super Riemann surface. We show that all such operators arise from super M\"obius covariant ones. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Francois Gieres , Stefan Theisen

We obtain a family of functional identities satisfied by vector-valued functions of two variables and their geometric inversions. For this we introduce particular differential operators of arbitrary order attached to Gegenbauer polynomials.…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-27 Toshiyuki Kobayashi , Toshihisa Kubo , Michael Pevzner

Spectrum of a certain class of first order conformally invariant operators on the sphere is explicitly computed. The class contains the (elliptic verions of) Rarita-Schwinger operator and its higher spin analogues.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jarolim Bures , Vladimir Soucek

In this paper we introduce conformally covariant boundary operators for Poincar\'e-Einstein manifolds satisfying a mild spectral assumption. Using these boundary operators we set up higher order Dirichlet problems whose solutions are such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-17 Joshua Flynn , Guozhen Lu , Qiaohua Yang

Using an algebraic Fourier transform of operators, we develop a method (F-method) to obtain explicit highest weight vectors in the branching laws by differential equations. This article gives a brief explanation of the F-method and its…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Toshiyuki Kobayashi

In this paper differential operators on various moduli spaces (e.g. of holomorphic vector bundles) are described in a canonical way in terms of the geometry of a certain distinguished completion of an appropriate configuration space.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Victor Ginzburg

We construct algebras of pseudodifferential operators on a continuous family groupoid G that are closed under holomorphic functional calculus, contain the algebra of all pseudodifferential operators of order 0 on G as a dense subalgebra,…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Robert Lauter , Bertrand Monthubert , Victor Nistor

In this paper we continue the study of the superconformal index of four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ theories of class $\mathcal{S}$ in the presence of surface defects. Our main result is the construction of an algebra of difference…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-16 Mathew Bullimore , Martin Fluder , Lotte Hollands , Paul Richmond

Let K be the Lie superalgebra of contact vector fields on the supersymmetric line. We compute the action of K on the modules of differential and pseudodifferential operators between spaces of tensor densities, in terms of their conformal…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-31 Charles H. Conley

We study the conformal logarithmic Laplacian on the sphere, an explicit singular integral operator that arises as the derivative (with respect to the order parameter) of the conformal fractional Laplacian at zero. Our analysis provides a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Juan Carlos Fernández , Alberto Saldaña

We give canonical forms of selfadjoint and isometric operators on a complex vector space $U$ with scalar product given by a positive semidefinite Hermitian form, and of Hermitian forms on $U$. For an arbitrary system of semiunitary spaces…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Victor A. Bovdi , Tetiana Klymchuk , Tetiana Rybalkina , Mohamed A. Salim , Vladimir V. Sergeichuk