Alan R. Parry, Graduate Student

Alan R. Parry
Office Location:  274G Physics
Office Phone:  (919)660-2854
Email Address: send me a message
  
Starting Year:   2007  
Advisor(s):   Hubert Lewis Bray

Office Hours:

By appointment.
Education:

MADuke University2008
MSUtah State University2007
BSUtah State University2006
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

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.)