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The Many Facets of Geometry: A Tribute to Nigel Hitchin
Author(s): Oscar Garcia-Prada (Editor), Jean Pierre Bourguignon (Editor), Simon Salamon (Editor)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 1 July 2010
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 456 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199534926
- ISBN-13: 9780199534920
Book Description
He was previously Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, as well as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has been the President of the London Mathematical Society.
The chapters in this fascinating volume, written by some of the greats in their fields (including four Fields Medalists), show how Hitchin’s ideas have impacted on a wide variety of subjects. The book grew out of the Geometry Conference in Honour of Nigel Hitchin, held in Madrid, with some additional contributions, and should be required reading for anyone seeking insights into the overlap between geometry and physics.
