Atiyah Lecture: Gauge theories and algebraic curves

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• Prof. Nigel Hitchin, University of Oxford
• Wednesday 07 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
• Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Daniel Nguyen.

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.

This talk is part of the Archimedeans Talks ET25 series.

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