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Abstracts for Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

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Beauty and Truth in Mathematics

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Speaker: 
Sir Michael Atiyah
Affiliation: 
University of Edinburgh
Date: 
Wed, 2007-10-17 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

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Von den metaphysischen Mucken der Mathematik - einige Aperçus

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Speaker: 
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Date: 
Wed, 2008-10-22 18:00 - 18:30
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

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Die zwei Gesichter der Mathematik

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Speaker: 
Don Bernard Zagier
Affiliation: 
MPI f. Mathematik
Date: 
Wed, 2008-10-22 18:30 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

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Languages of mathematics and mathematics of languages

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Speaker: 
Yuri I. Manin
Affiliation: 
MPI f. Mathematik
Date: 
Wed, 2009-12-09 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

Escher and the Droste effect

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Speaker: 
Hendrik Willem Lenstra
Affiliation: 
Universiteit Leiden
Date: 
Tue, 2010-10-19 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

In 1956, the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher made an unusual lithograph with the title `Print Gallery‘. It shows a young man viewing a print in an exhibition gallery. Amongst the buildings depicted on the print, he sees paradoxically the very same gallery that he is standing in. A lot is known about the way in which Escher made his lithograph. It is not nearly as well known that it contains a hidden `Droste effect‘, or infinite repetition; but this is brought to light by a mathematical analysis of the studies used by Escher.

What is a random geometry? Hirzebruch-Vorlesung von Fieldsmedaillist Wendelin Werner

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Speaker: 
Wendelin Werner
Affiliation: 
Université Paris-Sud und École Normale Superieure
Date: 
Mon, 2011-10-24 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

Die Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Vorlesung ist eine jährlich stattfindende Reihe von öffentlichen Vorträgen, die 2007 anlässlich des 80. Geburtstags von Prof. Friedrich Hirzebruch ins Leben gerufen wurde. Die Vorlesungen richten sich an ein breites Publikum und sollen die vielfältigen Verbindungen zwischen Mathematik, Kunst, Gesellschaft, und anderen Gebieten beleuchten. Die bisherigen Sprecher waren Sir Michael Atiyah, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Don Zagier, Yuri Manin und Hendrik Lenstra.

The Secret Mathematicians. Hirzebruch lecture by Marcus du Sautoy

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Speaker: 
Marcus du Sautoy
Affiliation: 
University of Oxford
Date: 
Mon, 2012-10-22 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette of shapes, patterns and numbers has proved a powerful inspiration. Often subconsciously artists are drawn to the same structures that fascinate mathematicians as they constantly hunt for interesting new structures to frame their creative process. Through the work of artists like Borges and Dali, Messiaen and Laban, Professor du Sautoy will explore the hidden mathematical ideas that underpin their creative output and reveal that the work of the mathematician is also driven by strong aesthetic values.

 

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