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CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Michael Atiyah: Geometry and Physics
December 4, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am
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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