Compatibility complex for the conformal-to-Einstein operator

Igor Khavkine (IM CAS, Prague)

May 08. 2026, 11:30 — 12:15

The conformal-to-Einstein operator is a conformally invariant linear overdetermined differential operator whose non-vanishing solutions correspond to Einstein metrics within a conformal class. I will discuss the construction of a compatibility complex for this operator under natural genericity assumptions on the Weyl curvature in dimension $n\gt 4$, which implies at most one independent solution. The construction is based on a method I previously proposed in [arXiv:1805.03751], that generally applies to operators of finite type and leverages existing symmetries and geometric properties of the starting operator. (based on [arXiv:2602.08510])

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Andreas Cap (U of Vienna)
Ralf Hiptmair (ETH Zurich)
Kaibo Hu (U of Oxford)
Joachim Schöberl (TU Wien)