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Zhongkai Tao: An h-principle for general relativistic initial data sets

Time: Thu 2026-10-15 10.00

Location: 3418, Lindstedtsvägen 25

Language: english

Participating: Zhongkai Tao, IHES

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I will talk about a flexibility result on the Einstein constraint equations. It uses the Bogovskii-type operators introduced in Mao-Oh-Tao and Isett-Mao-Oh-Tao and generalizes the obstruction-free gluing theorem. This is joint work with Jonathan Luk, Yuchen Mao and Sung-Jin Oh.