Symposium on Geometry and Relativity

University of Miami
Department of Mathematics
presents a

SYMPOSIUM ON GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND
MATHEMATICAL RELATIVITY

February 22nd and 23rd, 2010
SCHEDULE OF TALKS
Monday, February 22nd
10:00am-
10:30am		 Coffee, Refreshments
10:30am-
11:30am		 Piotr Chruściel, Oxford University, The Cauchy Problem for the Vacuum Einstein Equations on a Light-cone, University Center, UC245
11:45am-
12:45pm		 Jim Isenberg, University of Oregon, Getting a Handle on Ricci Flow on Complete Surfaces, University Center, UC245
5:00pm-
6:00pm		 Rick Schoen, Stanford University, Spaces of Positive Curvature, THE MCKNIGHT-ZAME LECTURE, CAS Gallery (Wesley Center)
Tuesday, February 23nd
10:00am-
10:30am		 Coffee, Refreshments
10:30am-
11:30am		 Lars Andersson, Albert Einstein Institute, Golm, The Black Hole Stability Problem, University Center, UC245
11:45am-
12:45pm		 Hugh Bray, Duke University, On Dark Matter, Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies, and the Axioms of General Relativity, University Center, UC245
5:00pm-
6:00pm		 Rick Schoen, Stanford University, Riemannian Manifolds of Constant Scalar Curvature, DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM, Ungar Building, UB402