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Branson’s Q-curvature is now recognized as a fundamental quantity in conformal geometry. We outline its construction and present its basic properties.
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In memory of Thomas P. Branson (1953–2006).
The research of S.-Y.A. Chang and P.C. Yang is supported in part by NSF grant DMS-0245266.
M. Eastwood is supported by the Australian Research Council.
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Chang, SY.A., Eastwood, M., Ørsted, B. et al. What is Q-Curvature?. Acta Appl Math 102, 119–125 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-008-9229-z
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