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SUMMARY:On the well-posedness of Lovelock and Horndeski theories of gravit
 y - Giuseppe Papallo (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20171013T120000Z
DTEND:20171013T130000Z
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CONTACT:Michalis Agathos
DESCRIPTION:Lovelock and Horndeski theories are natural generalisations of
  Einstein’s theory of relativity with second order equations of motion. 
 Although some aspects of these theories have been vastly discussed in the 
 physics literature\, the question of their mathematical consistency has re
 ceived little attention. In particular\, it is not known whether they admi
 t a well-posed initial value problem\, a necessary requirement for them to
  be considered viable alternatives to General Relativity. In this talk\, I
  will discuss some recent results regarding the well-posedness of Cauchy p
 roblem for these theories.
LOCATION:Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19)
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