Mathematical Physics Seminar

Boston University Center for Einstein Studies

Place: Room 541, BU School of Theology Building, 745 Commonwealth Avenue
Time: Tuesday 5:30-6:30 PM, Coffee @ 5:00 pm

Fall 2005

• Natural Bundles and the Hole Argument – Mihaela Iftime
• Projective and Conformal Structures in General Relativity – John Stachel
• Background-Independent Quantization – Jerzy Lewandowski (Perimeter Institute, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Warsaw U)

Spring 2006

• Mathematical Theory of Diffraction (BU College of Engineering) – Guido Sandri

Fall 2006

• Functional Integration, a mathematical tool – Cecile DeWitt (University of Texas at Austin), September 26, 2006
• Could quantum mechanics be an approximation to another, > cosmological, theory? – Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute), November 14, 2006
• (Gauge-) Natural Theories – Mihaela Iftime, December 12, 2006