Alan R. Parry, Graduate Student

Contact Info:

Office Location:	274G Physics
Office Phone:	(919)660-2854
Email Address:
Starting Year:	2007
Advisor(s):	Hubert Lewis Bray

Office Hours:

By appointment.

Education:

MA	Duke University	2008
MS	Utah State University	2007
BS	Utah State University	2006

Specialties:

Geometry
Mathematical Physics

Research Interests: Differential Geometry

I'm interested in Differential Geometry and its applications to General Relativity. Most recently, I've been studying the effects of dark matter modeled as a scalar field. In particular, using the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations to describe geometrically a general blob of dark matter and comparing this description to observations of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, one of the smallest observed types of gravitationally bound objects that have a significant presence of dark matter.

In the past, I have studied Lie Algebras, in particular classifying solvable Lie algebras of small dimension. My master's thesis was on classifying such Lie algebras through dimension seven.

Areas of Interest:

General Relativity
Geometric Analysis
Lie Algebras

Keywords:

Differential Geometry • Geometric Analysis • General Relativity • Lie Algebras

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications

1. Alan R. Parry, A Classification of Real Indecomposable Solvable Lie Algebras of Small Dimension with Codimension One Nilradicals (August, 2007), Utah State University, Logan, UT (Master's Thesis.)