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SUMMARY:[TMS] Stability of Minkowski Spacetime - Dr. Jonathan Luk (DPMMS)
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CONTACT:Jason Kwong
DESCRIPTION:General relativity is a theory of gravity described by the cel
 ebrated Einstein equations\, which relate the geometry and matter content 
 of spacetime. The Minkowski spacetime\, the spacetime of special relativit
 y\, is a special solution to these incredible equations. It depicts a vacu
 um spacetime with no curvature. A monumental result in mathematical phyisc
 s\, discovered in 1993\, is the proof that Minkowski spacetime is dynamica
 lly stable in the framework of the evolution problem in general relativity
 . I will describe the theorem and some of the fascinating ideas behind it.
  
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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