
Gravity as the square of gauge theory
Leron Borsten Heriot-Watt University
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.
Leron Borsten Heriot-Watt University
Eveliina Peltola University of Bonn
Asuka Takatsu Tokyo Metropolitan University
Susama Agarwala Johns Hopkins University
Alessandra Frabetti Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Valentina Forini University of London
Ana Ros Camacho Cardiff University
Astrid Eichhorn Universität Heidelberg
Colleen Delaney Indiana University
Roberta Iseppi University of Southern Denmark
Lisa Glaser University of Vienna
Mahumm Ghaffar Memorial University of Newfoundland
Eilind Karlsson Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Evelyn Yoczira Lira Torres Queen Mary University of London
Sharmia Gunasekaran University of Toronto
Renate Loll Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Laura Schaposnik University of Illinois at Chicago
Sumati Surya Raman Research Institute