SMS scnews item created by Larissa Fedunik-Hofman at Tue 14 Feb 2023 1503
Type: Seminar
Modified: Tue 7 Mar 2023 1526; Fri 10 Mar 2023 1130; Tue 14 Mar 2023 1550
Distribution: World
Expiry: 17 Mar 2023 Calendar1: 14 Mar 2023 1800-2000 CalLoc1: Messel Lecture Theatre, Sydney Nanoscience Hub
CalTitle1: SMRI IDM Public Lecture: Duels and Duality
Calendar2: 15 Mar 2023 1630-1830
CalLoc2: Susan Wakil Health Building
CalTitle2: SMRI IDM Workshop: Twist and Turn
Calendar3: 16 Mar 2023 1630-1830
CalLoc3: Susan Wakil Health Building
CalTitle3: SMRI IDM Workshop: Ruler-and-compass vs origami
Auth: larissaf@w95s10l3.staff.sydney.edu.au (lfed9203) in SMS-SAML
Special Public Lecture
Reminder: Duels and Duality: A fable about the life & mathematics of Evariste Galois
Yacobi
Reminder: Register for the International Day of Mathematics 2023 Public Lecture
This year, the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute is organising three exciting events
over 14–16 March 2023. Please register by Monday 13 March.
Tuesday 14 March: a public lecture for everyone with an interest in maths will take place at 6pm in the Messel lecture theatre (Sydney Nanoscience Hub). What does the French revolution, a deadly duel and squaring a circle have to do with the birth of modern algebra? Find out in “Duels and Duality: A fable about the life &
mathematics of Évariste Galois”, presented by Oded Yacobi. In this talk, we'll explore the amazing (and amazingly short) life of Évariste Galois, and the ideas he developed to solve problems that had bedevilled mathematicians for centuries.