[TMS] Stability of Minkowski Spacetime

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• Dr. Jonathan Luk (DPMMS)
• Monday 19 October 2015, 20:30-21:30
• Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

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General relativity is a theory of gravity described by the celebrated Einstein equations, which relate the geometry and matter content of spacetime. The Minkowski spacetime, the spacetime of special relativity, is a special solution to these incredible equations. It depicts a vacuum spacetime with no curvature. A monumental result in mathematical phyiscs, discovered in 1993, is the proof that Minkowski spacetime is dynamically stable in the framework of the evolution problem in general relativity. I will describe the theorem and some of the fascinating ideas behind it.

This talk is part of the Trinity Mathematical Society series.

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