Jean-Michel KANTOR, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche (IMJ-PRG).
Abstract: "One essential philosophical problem of mathematics is its applicability (noticed among others by Eugene Wigner in "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences").
We will consider some historical examples from mixed - later called applied - mathematics. In particular we are interested by great mathematicians who worked in the recent period with pure as well as with applied mathematics, in hydrodynamics ( Jean Leray, Kolmogorov), we discuss the connection of mathematics with physics ( following for example Vladimir Arnold, Yakob Sinai ) and we will conclude with recent trends connected with the applicability of mathematics, following Gromov’s philosophical point of view, and a hommage to Vladimir Voevodsky and his unifying research program."
Time: 6:10-7:30 PM
Room: (tbc)
Location: Faculty of Humanities (Staraya Basmannaya st., 21/4)
Anyone is welcome to attend.
Language of the event: English
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