KTH/SU Mathematics Colloquium

08-10-08

Richard M. Schoen, Stanford University

Positive curvature in geometry and relativity

This talk will survey the role that is played by positive curvature (scalar, Ricci, and sectional) in Riemannian geometry and general relativity. We will describe the many open problems and conjectures in this area, some of the techniques which have been used to attack them, and some progress which has been made in recent years