Michael Atiyah

Also known as Michael Francis Atiyah, Michael F. Atiyah, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah

British mathematician

AI overview

Michael Atiyah was a highly influential British mathematician known for his groundbreaking work in geometry and topology. His mathematical discoveries, particularly in areas connecting different fields of mathematics, significantly advanced our understanding of how different areas of math relate to each other and have had lasting impact on the field.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Michael
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Hampstead
Place of death: Edinburgh
Father: Edward Atiyah
Occupation: university teacher
Position held: chairperson
Educated at: Victoria College
Employer: University of Oxford
Languages spoken: English language
Award: honorary doctorate
Doctoral advisor: W. V. D. Hodge
Student of: W. V. D. Hodge
Doctoral student: Frances Kirwan
Field of work: geometry
Image: Michael Francis Atiyah.jpg
Work location: Cambridge

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category: Michael Francis Atiyah
date of birth: 1929-04-00
Erdős number: 4
date of death: 2019-01-11
name in native language: Michael Atiyah
honorific prefix: Sir
interested in: geometry
birth name: Michael Francis Atiyah
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (/əˈtiːə/; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

Early life and education

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