Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott | Daniel Litt, Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitor, Harvard Mathematics Department
October 21, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Dates: October 19 & 21, 2026
Time: 4:00–5:00 pm ET
Location: Science Center Lecture Hall D and via Webinar
Speaker: Daniel Litt, Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitor, Harvard Mathematics Department
Lecture 1: Monday, October 19, 2026, followed by a reception in the Math Dept Austine & Chilton McDonnell Common Room, 4th floor
Lecture 2: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Harvard Mathematics Professor Raoul Bott (1923 – 2005), was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem.