1st Dutch Mathematical Relativity Day

at Radboud University Nijmegen on January 24, 2020 (Friday)

General relativity is a geometric theory of gravitation introduced by Albert Einstein in 1915 to describe the large scale structure of our universe. Besides its importance for several astrophysical observations, this theory is also of extraordinary mathematical beauty. Over the last decades it has lead to and stimulated many important new developments in modern mathematics via the theory's natural links to nonlinear partial differential equations, differential geometry, and mathematical physics.

The aim of this meeting is to highlight the relation of general relativity to other areas of mathematics, and to introduce interested researchers in the Netherlands to state-of-the-art research in mathematical general relativity.

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Schedule

10.30-11.00 Registration and coffee

Special IMAPP Colloquium (in HG00.303)
11.00-12.00 Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
The mathematics of gravitational waves

12.00-13.30 Lunch (for registered participants)

Invited talks (in HG00.303)
13.30-14.30 Edward Bryden (University of Tübingen)
Stability of the spacetime positive mass theorem in spherical symmetry

14.30-15.00 Coffee and refreshments

15.00-15.45 Nicoleta Voicu (Transilvania University of Brașov)
Mathematical foundations for a Finsler extension of Einstein gravity
15.45-16.30 Christian Pfeifer (University of Tartu)
The gravitating kinetic gas - the source of Finsler gravity

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Location

Huygens building of Radboud University Nijmegen, room HG00.303.

Program

Detailed program including abstracts (pdf, 99 kB)

Registration

The registration is closed. See list of participants.

Organizers

Annegret Burtscher (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Andrea Fuster (Eindhoven University of Technology)