The Remarriage of Mathematics and Physics
Colloquium by Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Bangalore
| Speaker |
Colloquium by Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Bangalore
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| When |
Sep 22, 2015
from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM |
| Where | LH006 |
| Contact Name | math@math.tifrbng.res.in |
| Contact Phone | +91 80 66953704 |
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Abstract
The histories of mathematics and physics have been inextricably entwined, with each enriching the other. However, in the middle of the twentieth century they had drifted apart with little communication between the areas. This has changed in the last 20-30 years and one sees a renewed engagement between the disciplines. I will describe, from a theoretical physicist's perspective, some of the exciting ideas that have emerged from this cross-fertilisation. In particular, I will try to give a flavour of the so-called gauge-string duality which is creating new frontiers in the two subjects.