Geometric Evolutions and Minimal Surfaces in Lorentzian Manifolds

Partially supported by GNAMPA, INDAM

7 September 2010 - 10 September 2010

Aims

The aim of this workshop is bringing together leading experts in geometric evolutions, nonlinear hyperbolic PDEs and Geometric Measure Theory, in order to focus on evolution problems in a riemannian or lorentzian context. Examples of such problems are given by hyperbolic mean curvature flows, relativistic and subrelativistic strings and branes, minimal surfaces in lorentzian manifolds. We would like to emphasize questions and methodologies concerning both classical and generalized solutions, such as local well-posedness, classification of singularities, definitions of weak solution, and selection principles.

List of invited speakers

G. Bellettini (Roma) F. Bonsante (Pavia) Y. Brenier (Nice) M. Carfora (Pavia) D. Christodoulou (Zürich) S. Cuccagna (Modena) P. D'Ancona (Rome) H. Fritz (Freiburg) V. Georgiev (Pisa) R. Jerrard (Toronto) J. Hoppe (Stockholm) P. G. LeFloch (Paris) L. Mugnai (Max-Planck, Leipzig) M. Novaga (Padova) K. Smoczyk (Hannover) L. Vega (Bilbao) N. Visciglia (Pisa)