A talk by Cambridge string theorist David Tong
About: David Tong is a winner of the Adams Prize. He is also a string theorist in the Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics in Cambridge. He has a website filled with interesting notes. We look forward to hearing him talk to Mathsoc, and so should you.
Title: Quantum Geometry
Abstract: I will explain how we can use ideas from quantum mechanics and string theory to give new perspectives on geometry that allow us to go beyond our usual notion of space, topology and size. I'll tell you things that you won't believe: like the fact that it's impossible to tell the difference between a circle that's very very big from a circle that's very very small.
More students do more math
About: More students talk about more things they did last summer. This time around we have Mark Christiansen (JS Maths) and David Hughes (SS Maths, Sch.), talking about elliptic curves and Morse theory. Whatever these are.
Followed by a reception in the Seminar Room.
