Mathematics on the Crossroad of Centuries
19 videos • 813 views • by Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) 2024 marks the 60th birthday of mathematician Maxim Kontsevich, permanent professor at IHES since 1995. In his honor, Denis Auroux (Harvard University), Ludmil Katzarkov (University of Miami), Tony Pantev (University of Pennsylvania) and Yan Soibelman (Kansas State Universtiy & IHES), Yuri Tschinkel, SCGP & New York University organized a week-long conference at IHES from September 16-20, “Mathematics on the Crossroad of Centuries”.The work of Maxim Kontsevich has been a unique combination of spectacular ideas in algebra, combinatorics, topology, algebraic geometry, and theoretical physics.No other mathematician has played such a pivotal role in enhancing the interaction of mathematics and physics on the crossroad of 20th and 21st centuries.