Memorial Conference for the founders of index theory: Atiyah, Bott, Hirzebruch, and Singer

04/06/2021 9:00 am - 04/27/2021 10:30 am
virtual

In 2021, the CMSA hosted a lecture series on the literature of the mathematical sciences. This series highlights significant accomplishments in the intersection between mathematics and the sciences. Speakers include Edward Witten, Lydia Bieri, Simon Donaldson, Michael Freedman, Dan Freed, and many more.

Videos of these talks can be found in this Youtube playlist.

In the Spring 2021 semester, the CMSA hosted a sub-program on this series titled A Memorial Conference for the founders of index theory: Atiyah, Bott, Hirzebruch and Singer. Below is the schedule for talks in that subprogram

April 6, 2021 | 9:00 – 10:30am ET

Edward Witten (IAS)

Title: Isadore Singer’s Work on Analytic Torsion

April 13, 2021 | 9:00 – 10:30am ET

Claire Voisin (College de France)

Title: K-theory and characteristic classes in topology and complex geometry  (a tribute to Atiyah and Hirzebruch)

April 20, 2021 | 9:00 – 10:30am ET

Dan Freed (the University of Texas at Austin)

Title: The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem

April 27, 2021 | 9:00 – 10:30am ET

Frances Kirwan (University of Oxford)

Title: Moment maps and the Yang-Mills functional