Gabriel Nagy

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

Office: A-307 Wells Hall
Phone: (517) 353-4484
email: gnagy@math.msu.edu

General Information
Publications
Teaching
Research Interests (pdf)
Teaching Statement (pdf)
CV (pdf)

Biographical Sketch

Winter 2012.

Professional Preparation and Appointments:

  • Fall 2005-Spring 2008, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California San Diego, USA.
  • Fall 2004-Summer 2005, Visiting scholar, University of California San Diego, USA.
  • Fall 2003-Summer 2004, Teaching visitor, University of California San Diego, USA.
  • February 2002-June 2002, Lecturer, Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico, Argentina.
  • April 2001-December 2001, Visiting professor (General Relativity), Albert Einstein Institut (MPI), Golm, Germany.
  • April 2000-March 2001, Postdoctoral fellow (Applied Mathematics), University of Tours, France. Purview: Piotr Chrusciel.
  • April 1999-March 2000, Postdoctoral fellow (General Relativity), CONICET, at FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Purview: Oscar Reula.
  • October 1998-June 1999, Visiting professor, Albert Einstein Institut (MPI), in Potsdam, Germany.
  • April 1996-September 1998, DAAD Postdoctoral fellow (General Relativity), at Albert Einstein Institut (MPI), in Potsdam, Germany. Purview: Helmut Friedrich.
  • Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, December 21, 1995, at FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Advisor: Oscar Reula.
  • 1991-1995, Teaching Assistant, FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Doctoral fellowship from CONICOR.
  • Licenciado en Física, (similar to BS.--MD. in Physics), 1984-1991, FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.

Teaching Areas:

  • Differential Equations, UCSD Spring 2008.
  • Linear Algebra, UCSD 2005-2007.
  • Calculus for Science and Engineering, UCSD 2003-2007.
  • General and Advanced Physics Courses, University of Córdoba, FaMAF, Argentina 1991-1996 and Instituto Universitario Aeronáutico 2002.

Research Areas

  • General Relativity, Mathematical Physics, Geometric PDE.

Preprints

[16] M. Holst, G. Nagy and O. Sarbach, Stability reversal in fluid models of black strings for high space dimensions, Preprint (2007).

[15] M. Holst, G. Nagy and G. Tsogtgerel, Rough solutions of the Einstein constraints on closed manifolds without near-CMC conditions. Preprint (2007).

Publications

[14] M. Holst, G. Nagy and G. Tsogtgerel, Far-from-constant mean curvature solutions of Einstein's constraint equations with positive Yamabe metrics, Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters (2008).

[13] M. Holst, J. Kommemi and G. Nagy, Rough solutions of the Einstein constraint equations with nonconstant mean curvature, Research notes, (2007).

[12] G. Nagy, O. Sarbach, A minimization problem for the lapse and the initial-boundary value problem for Einstein's field equations, Class. Quantum Grav., 23 S477--S504 (2006).

[11] G. Nagy, O. Ortiz, O. Reula, Strongly hyperbolic second order Einstein's evolution equations, Phys. Rev. D, 70 044012 (2004).

[10] S. Dain, G. Nagy, Initial data for fluid bodies in general relativity, Phys. Rev. D, 65(8)084020 (2002).

[9] P. Chrusciel, G. Nagy, The mass of spacelike hypersurfaces in asymptotically anti-de Sitter space-times, Advances on Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 5(4), July (2001).

[8] P. Chrusciel, G. Nagy, The Hamiltonian mass of asymptotically anti-de Sitter space-times, Class. Quantum Grav. 18(9) L61--L68 (2001).

[7] R. Geroch, G. Nagy, O. Reula, Relativistic Lagrange formulation, J. Math. Phys. 42 3789--3808 (2001).

[6] H. Friedrich, G. Nagy, The initial boundary value problem for Einstein's vacuum field equation, Commun. Math. Phys., 201 619--655 (1999).

[5] G. Nagy, O. Ortiz, O. Reula, Exponential decay rates in quasi-linear hyperbolic heat conduction, J. Non-equilib. Thermodyn. 22 248--259 (1997).

[4] H. Kreiss, G. Nagy, O. Ortiz, O. Reula, Global existence and exponential decay for hyperbolic theories of relativistic dissipative fluids, J. Math. Phys., 38 5272--5279 (1997).

[3] G. Nagy, O. Reula, A causal statistical family of dissipative divergence type fluids, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 30 1695--1709 (1997).

[2] G. Nagy, O. Reula, On the causality of dilute gas as a dissipative relativistic fluid theory of the divergence type, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 28 6943--6959 (1995).

[1] G. Nagy, O. Ortiz, O. Reula, The Behavior of the Solutions of Hyperbolic Heat Equations Near their Parabolic Limits, J. Math. Phys., 35 4334--4356 (1994).

Funding Awards

  • NSF DMS/CM 0715146 (PI, with M. Holst and D. Estep) $180.000 2007-2010.

Selected Service Activities

  • Technical reviewer: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical Review D.
  • Technical reviewer: NSF funding proposals (panel review).

Conferences and Workshops

  • Participant at the Caltech Visitor Program on Numerical Simulation of Gravitational Waves, at the ITP in Santa Barbara, October 31- November 2, 2002.
  • Participant at the conference, Mathematical problems in general relativity, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Bonn, September 7-11 1998.
  • Participant at the 14th and 15th Conference on General Relativity, Florence, Italy, August 1995; and Pune, India, December 1997, respectively.
  • Attend at the Workshop on general theory of partial differential equations and micrological analysis, at the International Centre of Theoretical Phy\-sics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, September 04-15, 1995.
  • Attend at the Conference on partial differential equations and its applications on geometry, International Centre of Theoretical Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, August 21-September 01, 1995.

Collaborators

  • Dr. Sergio Dain, Albert Einstein Institut, Germany and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina;
  • Dr. Piotr Chrusciel, University of Tours, France;
  • Dr. Robert Geroch, University of Chicago, USA;
  • Dr. Helmut Friedrich, Albert Einstein Institut, Germany;
  • Dr. Michael Holst, University of California San Diego, USA;
  • Dr. Heinz-Otto Kreiss, UC Los Angeles, USA;
  • Dr. Omar Ortiz, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina;
  • Dr. Oscar Reula, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina;
  • Dr. Olivier Sarbach, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, México.