What information theory teaches us on gravitational theory

Speaker
Hirosi Ooguri(Caltech)
Event Type
QuICS seminar
Date & Time
August 24, 2016, 2:00pm
Where to Attend
CSS 3100A
Positive energy theorems play a fundamental role in general relativity. Recently, we found a new class of positive energy theorems using information inequalities such as the positivity and monotonicity of the relative entropy.
This and related applications of information theory are providing us new insights into gravitational theory.