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Gravity and Cartan Geometry
Mathematical Physics Seminar| Speaker: | Derek Wise, UC Davis |
| Location: | 3240 MSB |
| Start time: | Fri, Nov 16 2007, 3:10PM |
I will explain E. Cartan's beautiful "infinitesimal" version of Klein's Erlangen Program, and use it to describe the geometric content of the MacDowell-Mansouri formulation of Einstein's general relativity.