CMSA Math Science Literature Lecture Series
CMSA EVENTS
Speaker:
Nigel Hitchin - University of Oxford
TITLE: Michael Atiyah: Geometry and Physics
ABSTRACT: In mid career, as an internationally renowned mathematician, Michael Atiyah discovered that some problems in physics responded to current work in algebraic geometry and this set him on a path to develop an active interface between mathematics and physics which was formative in the links which are so active today. The talk will focus, in a fairly basic fashion, on some examples of this interaction, which involved both applying physical ideas to solve mathematical problems and introducing mathematical ideas to physicists.
Talk chair: Peter Kronheimer
Written articles will accompany each lecture in this series and be available as part of the publication “History and Literature of Mathematical Science.”
For more information, please visit the event page.