Department of Mathematics

Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore 560 012

 

SEMINAR

 

Speaker

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Dr. Nishanth Gudapati
Affiliation : Yale University, USA

Subject Area

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Mathematics

 

Venue

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Department of Mathematics, Lecture Hall I

 

Time

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11:00 AM

 

Date  

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December 21, 2016 (Wednesday)

Title

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"On 3+1 Lorentzian Einstein manifolds with one rotational isometry."
Abstract

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Differentiable manifolds whose Ricci curvature is proportional to the metric are called Einstein manifolds. Such manifolds have been central objects of study in differential geometry and Einstein's theory for general relativity, with some strong recent results. In this talk, we shall focus on positively curved 3+1 Lorentzian Einstein manifolds with one spacelike rotational isometry. After performing the dimensional reduction to a 2+1 dimensional Einstein's equations coupled to 'shifted' wave maps, we shall prove two explicit positive mass theorems: i) for CMC slices in expanding region ii) for maximal slices in 'stationary' region.