# Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

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# Workshop

Introductory Workshop: Mathematical Relativity September 09, 2013 - September 13, 2013
 Registration Deadline: September 13, 2013 over 1 year ago June 09, 2013 almost 2 years ago
Parent Program: Mathematical General Relativity Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley CA
Organizers LEAD Justin Corvino (Lafayette College), Greg Galloway (University of Miami), Hans Ringström (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH))
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Description

Mathematical relativity is a very widely ranging area of mathematical study, spanning differential geometry, elliptic and hyperbolic PDE, and dynamical systems. We introduce in this workshop some of the leading areas of current interest associated with problems in cosmology, the theory of black holes, and the geometry and physics of the Cauchy problem (initial data constraints and evolution) for the Einstein equations.

The introductory workshop serves as an overview to the overlying programmatic theme. It aims to familiarize graduate students, postdocs, and non-experts to major and new topics of the current program. Though the audience is expected to have a general mathematical background, knowledge of technical terminology and recent findings is not assumed.

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To apply for funding, you must register by the funding application deadline displayed above.

Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are typically made 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.

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Schedule
Sep 09, 2013
Monday
 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM Welcome 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Spacetime Geometry: A Setting for General Relativity Daniel Pollack (University of Washington) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tea 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Einstein Field Equations: A PDE Perspective Daniel Pollack (University of Washington) 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM The conformal method of constructing Cauchy data for the Einstein equations David Maxwell (University of Alaska) 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Tea 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM MSRI Evans Talk: On the topology of black holes and beyond. Greg Galloway (University of Miami)
Sep 10, 2013
Tuesday
 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Introduction to decay of fields outside black holes. Pieter Blue (University of Edinburgh) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tea 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The conformal method of constructing Cauchy data for the Einstein equations David Maxwell (University of Alaska) 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM The cosmic censorship conjectures Mihalis Dafermos (Princeton University) 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Tea 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Constructing localized solutions of the Einstein constraint equations Richard Schoen (Stanford University) 04:30 PM - 06:20 PM Reception
Sep 11, 2013
Wednesday
 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Further topics in decay of fields outside black holes. Pieter Blue (University of Edinburgh) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tea 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The cosmic censorship conjectures Mihalis Dafermos (Princeton University)
Sep 12, 2013
Thursday
 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Quasi-local mass in general relativity Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tea 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Null hypersurfaces in Lorentzian spacetimes Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan) 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Density Theorems for the Einstein Constraint Equations Lan-Hsuan Huang (University of Connecticut) 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Tea 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM An introduction to the Penrose inequality conjecture Marc Mars (University of Salamanca)
Sep 13, 2013
Friday
 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Quasi-local mass in general relativity Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tea 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Gravitational radiation - a geometric-analytic approach Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan) 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Cosmology Hans Ringström (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)) 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Tea