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Fakultät für Mathematik Universität Regensburg
Lorentzian geometry (Differential geometry III)
Semester
WiSe 2021 / 22

Lecturer
Bernd Ammann

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Vorlesung

German title
Lorentzsche Geometrie

Contents
In this lecture we want to deepen our knowledge about semi-Riemannian and in particular Lorentzian manifolds. The precise content will be fixed a bit later, but it is likely to be a choice out of the following:
  • Where do the Einstein equations come from? The Einstein equations as stationary points of a variational problem
  • gravitational waves
  • special solutions of Einstein's equations, e.g. the Kerr solution for rotating black holes
  • sagemath/python tools to do calculations in general relativity
  • the positive mass theorem
  • wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds, leading to quatization of fields
  • solving the Einstein equations as a pde
  • more about causality, Cauchy hypersurfaces, global hyperbolicity


Literature
  • M. Kriele. Spacetime, Foundations of General Relativity and Differential Geometry. Springer 1999
  • B. O'Neill. Semi-Riemannian geometry. With applications to relativity. Pure and Applied Mathematics, 103. Academic Press
  • R. Wald. General Relativity. University of Chicago Press
  • S. W. Hawking and G. F. R. Ellis. The large scale structure of space-time, Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics, 1973
More literature will be announced during the lecture.

Recommended previous knowledge
Analysis I-IV, Lineare Algebra I+II, differential geometry I. Helpful is the lecture differential geometry II, but as the topics are pretty disjoint, the gaps could be compensated by reading some literature.

Time/Date
Monday and Wednesday 8-10

Location
Mo M102. Wed M101

Course homepage
https://ammann.app.uni-regensburg.de/lehre/2021w_diffgeo3
(Disclaimer: Dieser Link wurde automatisch erzeugt und ist evtl. extern)

Registration
  • Registration for the exercise classes: Details will later be given on the homepage, please
    register on GRIPS
  • Registration for course work/examination/ECTS: FlexNow
Course work (Studienleistungen)
  • Successful participation in the exercise classes: 50% of the points and one successful
    presentation of the solution of an exercise
Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)
  • Oral exam: Duration: 30 min, Date: arranged individually, re-exam: Date:
Additional comments
Exercises will be organized, details will be announced later on the webpage. Exercises are planned
for Tuesday16-18 in M101.

Modules
BV, MV, MGAGeo

ECTS
9