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CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Isadore Singer’s Work on Analytic Torsion
April 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Edward Witten (IAS)
Title: Isadore Singer’s Work on Analytic Torsion
Abstract: I will review two famous papers of Ray and Singer on analytic torsion written approximately half a century ago. Then I will sketch the influence of analytic torsion in a variety of areas of physics including anomalies, topological field theory, and string theory.
This talk is part of a subprogram of the Mathematical Science Literature Lecture series, a Memorial Conference for the founders of index theory: Atiyah, Bott, Hirzebruch, and Singer.
Talk chair: Cumrun Vafa