Some Conceptual Problems in General Relativity and Cosmology

by Prof. J. V. Narlikar (Emeritus Professor, IUCAA)

Wednesday 27 Aug 2014, 11:30 → 12:30 Asia/Kolkata

Lecture Theatre AG 66 (Colaba Campus)

This talk will try to highlight some basic problems connected with conclusions uncritically drawn from well known works. These include: i) The Schwarzschild solution ii) The formation of black holes by gravitational collapse iii) The no hair theorem and iv) The principle of equivalence in the very early universe.