Gravity's Cosmic Shadows: A
Mathematical Unveiling
Arlie O. Petters
Professor of
Mathematics and Physics
Duke University
http://www.math.duke.edu/~petters/
March 22, 2006
7:00 pm, Willey Hall 125 Map
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Abstract:
Shadow patterns are all around us. We drive through them on
the way to
work and swim among them in pools. Similar patterns are also
cast
throughout the universe by the gravitational fields of stars
and
galaxies. We unveil some of the cosmic and mathematical
secrets of
these mysterious and beautiful patterns.
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