Welcome to the official start of Easter term!
This Wednesday, do take a break from revision and come along to the annual Atiyah Lecture! This year, we are honoured to have Prof. Nigel Hitchin deliver a talk on gauge theories and algebraic curves, Wednesday 7 May at the Babbage Lecture Theatre! Details and poster below.
Event: Atiyah Lecture (jointly hosted with The Archimedeans)
Title: Gauge theories and algebraic curves
Speaker: Professor Nigel Hitchin
Abstract: Although Michael Atiyah was a big influence on my whole mathematical career, our collaboration in the 1970s and 80s was on instantons and monopoles, gauge theories in 4 and 3 dimensions. The talk will discuss the role of spectral curves for hyperbolic monopoles, introduced in his 1987 paper, and spectral curves for Higgs bundles, a gauge theory in 2 dimensions, where his 1955 paper, written when he was a PhD student, sheds light on some recent developments.
Date: Wednesday, 7 May
Time: 5pm – 6.30pm
Location: Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge CB2 3QZ
Abstract: Although Michael Atiyah was a big influence on my whole mathematical career, our collaboration in the 1970s and 80s was on instantons and monopoles, gauge theories in 4 and 3 dimensions. The talk will discuss the role of spectral curves for hyperbolic monopoles, introduced in his 1987 paper, and spectral curves for Higgs bundles, a gauge theory in 2 dimensions, where his 1955 paper, written when he was a PhD student, sheds light on some recent developments.
Date: Wednesday, 7 May
Time: 5pm – 6.30pm
Location: Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge CB2 3QZ
Also, we’ve locked in the date of our second peer talks for the following Wednesday afternoon! More details to come.
Event: TMS Easter Peer Talks
Date: Wednesday, 14 May
Time: 4pm – 6.30pm
Location: MR3, Centre of Mathematical Sciences
Time: 4pm – 6.30pm
Location: MR3, Centre of Mathematical Sciences
Speakers, Talks, Schedule: coming soon!
Finally, following yesterday’s AGM, the elected TMS Committee 2025/26:
President: Arunav MaheshwariVice-President: Sida LiSecretary: Ryan BhaskarTreasurer: Yuv SaxenaMembership Officer: Sizhe PanConstable: Eleanor MacGillivraySocial Secretary: Tharrshann Logarajah
Congratulations! I’m confident the committee will remain in good hands next year.