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SUMMARY:The Formation of Black Holes in General Relativity - Martin Taylor
  (CCA)
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CONTACT:Martin Taylor
DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, Demetrios Christodoulou published a book "The Format
 ion of Black Holes in General Relativity" in which it is shown that closed
  trapped surfaces can form in pure general relativity through the focusing
  of gravitational waves.  The result is monumental\; his short pulse metho
 d offers the first foray into the long-time dynamics of general relativity
  in the large.  This goal of this talk is to put this result in context\, 
 avoiding the technical details.  It should be accessible and will hopefull
 y end with a (slightly more) precise statement of the result.
LOCATION:MR14\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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