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We compute the functional determinant quotient (detP h )/(detP g ) for the Paneitz operatorP in conformally related Riemannian metricsg, h, and discuss related positivily questions.
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Branson, T. An anomaly associated with 4-dimensional quantum gravity. Commun.Math. Phys. 178, 301–309 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02099450
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