communication: Relativity theory and modified indicatrices (First parallel session on Finsler Geometry and General Relativity)

speaker: Ettore Minguzzi (Università Degli Studi Di Firenze)

abstract: In general relativity the velocity space is described by the hyperboloid \(\mathbb{H}^3\). By considering alternative velocity spaces one is lead to Lorentz-Finsler geometry. I present some recent proposals for modifications of the velocity space of general relativity, in particular I shall describe the nice properties of a theory based on affine sphere indicatrices.

Talk partly based on the paper "Affine Sphere Relativity" Communications in Mathematical Physics 350 (2017) 749–801

timetable:
Tue 22 May, 14:11 - 14:40, Aula Dini
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