On generalized hyperpolygons, Higgs bundles and branes
Laura Schaposnik University of Illinois at Chicago
Mathematical physics, including mathematics, is a research area where novel mathematical techniques are invented to tackle problems in physics, and where novel mathematical ideas find an elegant physical realization. Historically, it would have been impossible to distinguish between theoretical physics and pure mathematics. Often spectacular advances were seen with the concurrent development of new ideas and fields in both mathematics and physics. Here one might note Newton's invention of modern calculus to advance the understanding of mechanics and gravitation. In the twentieth century, quantum theory was developed almost simultaneously with a variety of mathematical fields, including linear algebra, the spectral theory of operators and functional analysis. This fruitful partnership continues today with, for example, the discovery of remarkable connections between gauge theories and string theories from physics and geometry and topology in mathematics.
Laura Schaposnik University of Illinois at Chicago
Latham Boyle University of Edinburgh
Tejinder Singh Tata Institute for Fundamental Research
Shane Farnsworth Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
Cohl Furey Humboldt University of Berlin
Paul Townsend University of Cambridge
Michal Malinsky Charles University
Kirill Krasnov University of Nottingham
John Baez University of California, Riverside
John Baez University of California, Riverside
John Huerta University of Lisbon
Ivan Todorov Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Cohl Furey Humboldt University of Berlin
Mia Hughes Imperial College London