New approaches to problems posed by Sir Roger Penrose

Mon, 08/03/2010
12:00
George Sparling (University of Pittsburgh) Relativity Seminar Add to calendar L3
I will outline two areas currently under study by myself and my co-workers, particularly Jonathan Holland: one concerns the relation between the exceptional Lie group G_2 and Einstein's gravity; the second will introduce and apply the concept of a causal geometry.