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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
In particular, many of the arguments used in proofs of core-properties of Riemannian metrics are no longer applicable. As a consequence, there are still numerous open questions for both types of structures whose counterparts in the Riemannian situation are already part of a well-established theory.
A major source of interest for the study of Lorentzian or pseudo-Riemannian geometry comes from theoretical physics. The classic examples are 4-dimenional space-times in general relativity, which are modelled on Lorentzian manifolds. Pseudo-Riemannian metrics of higher index play an important role in recent developments of several branches of theoretical physics, in particular for supergravity and string theory. Conformal geometry appears prominently in classical physics, where many fundamental equations are conformally invariant. However, it is also a fundamental ingredient for models on the quantum level. A particularly interesting case is the AdS/CFT correspondence, which is one of the most active areas of research in string theory.
Both fields have seen remarkable advances in recent years and a number of those shall be discussed at the conference. Topics will include: holonomy theory for pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, global Lorentzian geometry, group actions on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, aspects of conformal geometry, such as tractor calculus and conformal holonomy, Poincare-Einstein metrics and the Fefferman-Graham ambient metric construction, conformally invariant operators and analytic properties of the Laplace and Dirac-type operators.
Organizers:
Ines Kath (Greifswald), Thomas Leistner (Adelaide), Uwe Semmelmann (Stuttgart)
Poster session
There will be a poster session on Wednesday. We invite all participants to use this occasion for presenting new results or open problems.
If you intend to present a poster, please inform the organizers
by February 18.
Financial support
We encourage PhD students to attend this conference. PhD students may apply for financial support. In this case, a short application should be sent to one of the organizers.
Invited speakers:
Dmitri Alekseevsky (Hull)
Bernd Ammann (Regensburg)
Christian Bär (Potsdam)
Lionel Berard-Bergery (Nancy)
Andreas Cap (Wien)
Vicente Cortés (Hamburg)
Michael Eastwood (Canberra)
José Figueroa-O’Farrill (Edinburgh)
Anna Fino (Torino)
Charles Frances (Paris)
Anton Galaev (Brno)
Eduardo Garcia-Rio (Santiago de Compostela)
Paul Gauduchon (Palaiseau)
Rod Gover (Auckland)
Andreas Juhl (Uppsala/Berlin)
Andrei Moroianu (Versailles-St Quentin)
Pawel Nurowski (Polish Academy of Science)
Simon Salamon (King's College London)
Miguel Sanchez (Granada)
Andrew Swann (Aarhus)
Abdelghani Zeghib (Lyon)
Registrated Participants:
Mr. Konstantin Heil
Mr. Thomas Neukirchner, Waldorfschule Karlsruhe
Mr. Dr. Rafael Torres, SISSA, Trieste
Mrs. Cristina Draper, Universidad de Malaga
Mrs. Marie-Amelie Lawn, UT Austin
Mr. Peter Schemel, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Mr. Matthew Randall, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Mr. Dr. Florin Belgun, LMU Munich
Mr. Dr. Simon Chiossi, INdAM / Politecnico Torino
Mr. Daniel Monclair, ENS de Lyon
Mrs. Prof. Dr. Drothee Schüth, Humboldt-Universtität Berlin
Mrs. Rossella Bartolo, Polytechnic of Bari
Mr. Jonas Grabbe, Université de Versailles
Mr. Dr. Roger Nakad, Department of mathematics and statistics, Notre Dame University, NDU, Lebanon
Mr. Prof. Dr. Oliver Goertsches, University of Hamburg
Mr. Malte Dyckmanns, University of Hamburg
Mr. Peter-Simon Dieterich, University of Hamburg
Mr. Hisashi Kasuya, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mr. Prof. Lorenz Schwachhöfer, TU Dortmund
Mrs. Gabriela Ovando, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Mr. Dr. Steffen Brasch, Freie Waldorfschule Greifswald
Mr. Erasmo Caponia, Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy)
Mr. Mathias Fischer, University Greifswald
Mr. Konrad Waldorf, University Greifswald
Mr. Wolfgang Globke, The University of Adelaide
Mrs. Van Le, Institute of Mathematics, Praha
Mr. Mike Scherfner, Bochum University of Applied Sciences
Mr. Andree Lischewski Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Mr. Daniel Schliebner, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Mrs. Professor Helga Baum, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Mr. Christoph Stadtmüller, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Mr. Marc Nardmann, Universität Hamburg
Mrs. Professor Anna Maria Candela, Universita' degli Studi di Bari Aldo, Bari (Italy)
Mr. Stefan Suhr, Universität Hamburg
Mr. Benedict Meinke, Universität Hamburg
Mrs. PD Dr. Margarita Kraus, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Mr. Felipe Leitner, TU Dresden
Mr. Dr. Frank Klinker, TU Dortmund
Mr. Dr. Francisco J. Palomo, University of Mescuela Politecnica Superior
Mr. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eichhorn, Inst. f. Mathematik, Universität Greifswald
Mr. Manuel Gutiérrez, Universidad d Dto. Álgebra, G Málaga, Spain
Mr. José Luis Flores, Universidad d Departamento Málaga, Spain
Mr. Miguel Ortega, University of Granada
Information:
tagungsbuero(at)wiko-greifswald.de
Information on participating / attending:
Registration:
http://www.wiko-greifswald.de/de/events/anmeldung/2014-03-lorentzian-and-conform...
Date:
03/18/2014 09:00 - 03/21/2014 18:00
Event venue:
Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald
Martin-Luther-Straße 14
17489 Greifswald
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Mathematics
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
01/21/2014
Sender/author:
Katja Kottwitz
Department:
Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event46037
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