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Beauty and Truth in Mathematics

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Speaker: 
Sir Michael Atiyah
Affiliation: 
University of Edinburgh
Date: 
Wed, 17/10/2007 - 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, 22/10/2008 - 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, 22/10/2008 - 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, 09/12/2009 - 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

"A world from a sheet of paper". Hirzebruch lecture by Tadashi Tokieda on Wednesday, October 31, University Club Bonn

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Speaker: 
Tadashi Tokieda
Affiliation: 
Stanford University
Date: 
Wed, 31/10/2018 - 19:00 - 20:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, tearing, we will explore a rich variety of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry to elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami. Much of the lecture consists of actual table-top demos, which you can try later with friends and family.

"Pentagramma Mirificum". Hirzebruch lecture by Sergey Fomin on Friday, November 8, University Club Bonn

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Speaker: 
Sergey Fomin
Affiliation: 
University of Michigan
Date: 
Fri, 08/11/2019 - 18:00 - 19:00
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

Pentagramma Mirificum (the miraculous pentagram) is a beautiful geometric construction studied by Napier and Gauss. Its algebraic description yields the simplest instance of cluster transformations, a remarkable family of recurrences which arise in diverse mathematical contexts, from representation theory and enumerative combinatorics to theoretical physics and classical geometry (Euclidean, spherical, or hyperbolic).

"Moduli in Mathematics". Hirzebruch lecture by Rahul Pandharipande on Monday, 15 May 2023, University Club Bonn

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Speaker: 
Rahul Pandharipande
Affiliation: 
ETH Zürich
Date: 
Mon, 15/05/2023 - 18:30 - 19:30
Location: 
University Club Bonn
Parent event: 
Friedrich Hirzebruch Lecture

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Moduli spaces parameterize continuous deformations of mathematical objects. Their study (starting with ideas of Riemann in the 19th century) has revealed many surprises: universal structures, connections between different subjects, and wild leaps. I will present some sense of the motivations and results related to the study of moduli spaces from the perspective of examples ranging from configurations of mechanical linkages to the moduli of varieties and sheaves.

 

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