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Mu-Tao Wang

Columbia University

Department of Mathematics

• Talks

1. September 09, 2013 - September 13, 2013

   Workshop Introductory Workshop: Mathematical Relativity

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   Sep 12, 2013 Thursday

   09:30 AM - 10:30 AM   Quasi-local mass in general relativity Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) Location MSRI: Simons Auditorium Video Abstract One of the greatest accomplishments of the theory of general relativity in the past century is the proof of the positive mass/energy theorem for asymptotically flat space-times. However, the concept of mass/energy remains a challenging problem because of the lack of a quasi-local description. Most observable physical models are finitely extended spatial regions and measurement of mass/energy on such a region is essential in many fundamental issues. In my talks, I shall first survey several notions of quasi-local mass including the Hawking mass, the Bartnik mass, the Brown-York mass, and their applications. At the end, I shall describe a new proposal of quasi-local mass/energy and discuss its application in the invariant mass conjecture of general relativity. Supplements Notes 168 KB application/pdf Notes 168 KB application/pdf Show Detail

   Sep 13, 2013 Friday

   09:30 AM - 10:30 AM   Quasi-local mass in general relativity Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) Location MSRI: Simons Auditorium Video Abstract One of the greatest accomplishments of the theory of general relativity in the past century is the proof of the positive mass/energy theorem for asymptotically flat space-times. However, the concept of mass/energy remains a challenging problem because of the lack of a quasi-local description. Most observable physical models are finitely extended spatial regions and measurement of mass/energy on such a region is essential in many fundamental issues. In my talks, I shall first survey several notions of quasi-local mass including the Hawking mass, the Bartnik mass, the Brown-York mass, and their applications. At the end, I shall describe a new proposal of quasi-local mass/energy and discuss its application in the invariant mass conjecture of general relativity. Supplements Notes 170 KB application/pdf Show Detail

2. September 14, 2009 - September 18, 2009

   Workshop Hot Topics: Black Holes in Relativity

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   Sep 18, 2009 Friday	02:00 PM - 03:00 PM   Quasi-local mass Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) Location MSRI: Simons Auditorium Video Abstract -- Supplements -- Show Detail

3. December 01, 2003 - December 05, 2003

   Workshop Geometric Analysis

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   Dec 02, 2003 Tuesday	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   Minimal surface systems in higher codimension Mu-Tao Wang (Columbia University) Location MSRI: Simons Auditorium Video Abstract -- Supplements -- Show Detail