{"id":27696,"date":"2019-01-25T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.journals.cambridge.org\/?p=27696"},"modified":"2019-01-25T16:07:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T16:07:29","slug":"remembering-sirs-michael-atiyah-and-peter-swinnerton-dyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/blog\/2019\/01\/25\/remembering-sirs-michael-atiyah-and-peter-swinnerton-dyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sir Michael Atiyah and Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cambridge is saddened by the passing of two remarkable mathematicians in recent weeks, Sir Michael Atiyah and Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer. Both men made an indelible mark in the subject, with Atiyah receiving the Fields Medal in 1966, and Swinnerton-Dyer postulating the Birch Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture.<\/p>\n

Atiyah specialised in geometry, including K theory<\/a>, Index theory<\/a> and Gauge theory<\/a>. His Fields Medal<\/a> was awarded for his work in developing K-theory, a generalised Lefschetz fixed-point theorem<\/a> and the Atiyah-Singer theorem<\/a> \u2013 for which he was also awarded the Abel Prize<\/a> (jointly with Isadore Singer) in 2004. An extensive list of awards and honorary degrees underscore his impact on mathematics and the respect he earned from the mathematics community.<\/p>\n

Swinnerton-Dyer specialised in number theory. The famous Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture<\/a> is considered one of most important outstanding conjectures of the 20th<\/sup> century. Its origins lie in innovative numerical investigations that Swinnerton-Dyer carried out on one of the earliest computers available at the University of Cambridge.\u00a0He was awarded the P\u00f3lya Prize<\/a> and the Sylvester Prize<\/a> in 2006. We at Cambridge University Press remember him particularly as a very active and committed member of our governing body the Press Syndicate in the 1970s and early-80s.<\/p>\n

To commemorate the work of both men, we invite you to explore a selection of papers written by Atiyah and Swinnerton-Dyer<\/a><\/strong>. All papers are free to read on Cambridge Core through 31st<\/sup> March 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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