Analysis & Applied Math

Event Information Geometric inequalities for black holes
13:10 on Friday October 09, 2015
14:00 on Friday October 09, 2015
BA6183, Bahen Center, 40 St. George St.
Aghil Alaee Khangha

University of Alberta and Fields Institute

A black hole is one of the most mysterious objects in the universe. The well-known equilibrium black hole solutions can be described by a finite number of physical quantities that also have a geometrical definition such as mass, area of horizon, angular momentum, etc. These quantities satisfy several important geometric inequalities. Surprisingly, some of these inequalities also hold for dynamical black holes. In this talk, we give a survey of these geometrical inequalities in four and higher dimensions.