Videos

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.