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Conformal Invariance in Physics

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Differential Geometry and Relativity

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In the last decade mathematical physicists have been especially interested by the group of conformal transformations of space-time — the so-called conformal group. What are the main physical reasons for the increasing interest in such an old subject [1]?

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Bayen, F. (1976). Conformal Invariance in Physics. In: Cahen, M., Flato, M. (eds) Differential Geometry and Relativity. Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1508-0_17

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