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What information theory teaches us on gravitational theory

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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.