The implications of conformal invariance, as relevant in quantum field theories at a renormalisation group fixed point, are analysed with particular reference to results for correlation functions involving conserved currents and the energy momentum tensor. Ward identities resulting from conformal invariance are discussed. Explicit expressions for two and three point functions, which are essenti...

We analyse conformal gauge, or isotropic, singularities in cosmological models in general relativity. Using the calculus of tractors, we find conditions in terms of tractor curvature for a local extension of the conformal structure through a cosmological singularity and prove a local extension theorem along a congruence of time-like conformal geodesics.

This paper presents an algorithm for estimation of local curvature from gradients of a tensor field that represents local orientation. The algorithm is based on an operator representation of the orientation tensor, which means that change of local orientation corresponds to a rotation of the eigenvectors of the tensor. The resulting curvature descriptor is a vector that points in the direction ...

We revisit Nye’s lattice curvature tensor in the light of Cartan’s moving frames. definition is based on assumption that dislocated body stress-free, and therefore, it makes sense only for zero-stress (impotent) dislocation distributions. Motivated by works Bilby others, construction extended to arbitrary provide a material form triplet vectors, are obtained from covariant derivative frame alon...

In this article we describe the formulation of null geodesics as null conformal geodesics and their description in the tractor formalism. A conformal extension theorem through an isotropic singularity is proven by requiring the boundedness of the tractor curvature and its derivatives to sufficient order along a congruence of null conformal geodesic. This article extends earlier work by Tod and ...

Conformal geometry is at the core of pure mathematics. Conformal structure is more flexible than Riemaniann metric but more rigid than topology. Conformal geometric methods have played important roles in engineering fields. This work introduces a theoretically rigorous and practically efficient method for computing Riemannian metrics with prescribed Gaussian curvatures on discrete surfaces—disc...

For a positive definite fundamental tensor all known examples of Osserman algebraic curvature tensors have a typical structure. They can be produced from a metric tensor and a finite set of skew-symmetric matrices which fulfil Clifford commutation relations. We show by means of Young symmetrizers and a theorem of S. A. Fulling, R. C. King, B. G. Wybourne and C. J. Cummins that every algebraic c...