Professor Leon A. Takhtajan, a member of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a highly regarded mathematical physicist who has produced fundamental and pioneering work on the theory of classical and quantum integrable systems and string theory, with deep applications to algebraic geometry, the Teichmüller theory of Riemann surfaces, and number theory. He has co-authored several highly influential textbooks, regarded as must-reads for several generations of mathematical physicists. …
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) awarded two Stony Brook University faculty and one former faculty member with the 2019 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry. Among this year’s recipients are Xiuxiong Chen, a professor in the Department of Mathematics; Sir Simon Donaldson, a permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and a professor in the Department of Mathematics; and Song Sun, currently in the Department of Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley.
Professor Dusa McDuff FRS was awarded the Sylvester Medal in 2018 for her pioneering role in the development of the new field of symplectic geometry and topology. Her outstanding work includes many fundamental theorems and she has been inspirational for generations of mathematicians.
by Moira Chas
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Crafts have been interacting with math, and math education, for centuries. A few examples (in no particular order) are:
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Saturday, April 21, 2018
Stony Brook Math Day is a one-day festival for all undergraduate math majors. Come hear talks by Abhinav Kumar, Robert Lazarsfeld, Tony Phillips, and Christina Sormani; take part in math-related activities; and connect with faculty and students over lunch and tea.
Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
John Milnor (Fields Medal, 1962) shares his wisdom on the value of talking to mathematicians to exchange research ideas and the significance of interdisciplinary research.
Interviewed at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences on July 19, 2017, in Toronto, Canada.
Spring 2017 Workshop
Stony Brook University
April 21-23, 2017