Classification results for gravitational instantons
Presenter
November 4, 2011
Keywords:
- Shiing-Shen Chern
- differential geometry
- complex dynamics
- gravitational instantons
- mathematical general relativity
- curvature upper bounds
- 4-manifolds
MSC:
- 53-xx
- 53C26
- 53C25
- 53Cxx
- 57Mxx
- 32Q15
- 35Q51
Abstract
In this talk, I will discuss some recent progress in the understanding of gravitational instantons - non-compact hyperkähler four-manifolds with square-integrable curvature. In particular, I will describe some examples and some partial classification results.