A Program on General Relativity

American Institute Of Mathematics, Pasadena CA

Investigators

Abstract

DMS-0204721 R. Schoen, H. Bray, J. Isenberg, N. Kapouleas This award provides partial support for active research mathematicians to attend a program in general relativity to be held at Stanford University and the American Institute of Mathematics in the spring quarter (April 1-June 7) of 2002. The main topic of the conference concerns aspects of the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations, and it will include researchers with expertise in differential geometry, nonlinear hyperbolic PDE, and relativity theory. There will be approximately 50 total visitors averaging two weeks each during the period of the workshop together with a few people for longer periods. Focus periods on specific subtopics will be arranged. The program will include regular talks, lecture series on particular papers and topics, and open problem sessions. In addition, we will create a web site for the program which will give a detailed look at open problems, relevant literature, background references, and links to preprints and reprints. Further information will be linked from http://math.stanford.edu and http://www.aimath.org