Michael Atiyah
Sir Michael Atiyah | |
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 Michael Atiyah in 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Francis Atiyah 22 April 1929 Hampstead, London, England |
| Died | 11 January 2019 (aged 89) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Atiyah–Singer index theorem Atiyah–Segal completion theorem |
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| Education | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
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| Thesis | Some Applications of Topological Methods in Algebraic Geometry (1955) |
| Doctoral advisor | W. V. D. Hodge |
| Doctoral students | |
| Other notable students | Edward Witten |
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FAA FREng[2] (/əˈtiːə/; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was an English mathematician specialising in geometry.[3] He won the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.
He was president of the Royal Society (1990–1995), master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1990–1997), chancellor of the University of Leicester (1995–2005), and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005–2008). From 1997 until his death, he was an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh.[4] During 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, Atiyah said he had a proof for Riemann hypothesis.[5][6]
Atiyah died on 11 January 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland at the age of 89.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Hitchin, Nigel J. (1972). Differentiable manifolds : the space of harmonic spinors (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 500473357. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.459281 – via bodleian.ox.ac.uk.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Michael Atiyah", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ↑ "Atiyah's CV" (PDF).
- ↑ "La supuesta demostración de Michael Atiyah de la hipótesis de Riemann". La Ciencia de la Mula Francis (in Spanish). 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ↑ "Atiyah Riemann Hypothesis proof: final thoughts". The Aperiodical. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ↑ A tribute to former President of the Royal Society Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS (1929 - 2019)
Other websites[change | change source]
- Michael Atiyah tells his life story at Web of Stories
- The celebrations of Michael Atiyah's 80th birthday in Edinburgh, 20-24 April 2009
- Mathematical descendants of Michael Atiyah
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