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The geometry of pp-waves

Recent progress on geometric analysis and Riemannian geometry October 21, 2024 - October 25, 2024

October 21, 2024 (02:00 PM PDT - 03:00 PM PDT)
Speaker(s): Sven Hirsch (Columbia University)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium, Online/Virtual
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The geometry of pp-waves

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In Special Relativity, the vanishing of mass occurs exclusively in the cases of vacuum and radiation. In this talk, we demonstrate that an analogous result holds within the framework of General Relativity. The proof combines ideas from spin geometry and spacetime harmonic functions. This is based upon joint work with Yiyue Zhang.

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