Modern developments in General Relativity

 

Organizing institution: Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov

 

 

Partners:

University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Transilvania University in Brasov, Romania

Universita' di Napoli "Federico II", Italy

University of Szeged, Hungary

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland

 

Program:

 

Virtual meeting, June 28, 2023 (9:00-12:00)

9:00 – 9:15      Blended Intensive Programme – introduction (J. Brajerčík, Chair of the Organizing Committee)

9:15 – 9:45      Information on the lecture series Introduction to General Relativity (M. Krššák)

10:00 – 11:30   Selected topics from mathematics: Tensors, Manifolds, Variations (D. Krupka, J. Brajerčík)

11:30 – 12:00   Discussion

 

Physical meeting, August 14-18, 2023

August 14, 2023 (Monday)

9:00 – 9:15      Program opening

9:15 – 10:00     P. Nurowski, Andrzej Trautman (90): contribution to mathematical physics

10:00 – 10:45   J. Jezierski, Jerzy Kijowski (80): contribution to mathematical physics

11:00 – 12:15   M. Krššák, Introduction to General Relativity

12:30 – 13:00   Welcome meeting

15:00 – 17:00   Guided tour of Prešov

August 15, 2023 (Tuesday)

9:00 – 10:30     M. Krššák, Introduction to General Relativity

11:00 – 12:30   J. Kijowski, Variational Principles (On the dangers and ambushes awaiting a theoretical physicist as soon as he starts to apply them)

15:00 – 17:30   Workshop

17:30 – 18:00   Discussions

August 16, 2023 (Wednesday)

9:00 – 10:30     M. Krššák, Introduction to General Relativity

11:00 – 12:30   S. Capozziello, Non-local gravity cosmology

14:30               Field trip at Šariš Castle

August 17, 2023 (Thursday)

9:00 – 10:30     M. Krššák, Introduction to General Relativity

11:00 – 12:30   D. Krupka, The Hilbert variational principle

15:00 – 15:45   Ján Brajerčík, Spherical symmetry: discussion

15:45 – 16:30   D. Saunders, Some remarks on the Fundamental Lepage Equivalent

18:30               Conference dinner

August 18, 2023 (Friday)

9:00 – 10:30     M. Krššák, Introduction to General Relativity

11:00 – 12:30   J. Jezierski, On conformal Yano-Killing tensors and its applications in General Relativity

12:30 – 13:00   Discussions

13:00               Program conclusion