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SUMMARY:Atiyah Lecture: Gauge theories and algebraic curves - Prof. Nigel 
 Hitchin\, University of Oxford
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CONTACT:Daniel Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Although Michael Atiyah was a big influence on my whole mathem
 atical career\, our collaboration in the 1970s and 80s was on instantons a
 nd monopoles\, gauge theories in 4 and 3 dimensions. \nThe talk will discu
 ss the role of spectral curves for hyperbolic monopoles\, introduced in hi
 s 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.
LOCATION:Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site
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