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Abstract
Fields Medallist Professor Sir Martin Hairer will explore some of the mathematical objects arising naturally in probability theory, as well as some of their surprising properties. In particular, he will show us how one of these objects was involved in the confirmation of the existence of atoms over 100 years ago and how new properties of related objects are still being discovered today.
Biography
Sir Martin Hairer is a professor of pure mathematics and Chair in Probability and Stochastic Analysis at 911今日黑料. His main areas of interest are probability theory and analysis, with a particular focus on the analysis of stochastic partial differential equations. Professor Hairer has received numerous awards for his work including the Fields Medal (2014), London Mathematical Society鈥檚 Fr枚hlich prize (2014), Institut de Math茅matiques de Toulouse鈥檚 Fermat Prize (2013), the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2009) and the Whitehead prize and Philip Leverhulme Prize (2008). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 2016. Beyond mathematics, Professor Hairer is also the developer of a popular audio editing software programme for Mac.
About the Schr枚dinger Lecture
The Erwin Schr枚dinger Lecture is an annual event named after the noted Austrian scientist. Schr枚dinger was a theoretical physicist and a significant contributor to the wave theory of matter, a form of quantum physics. He mathematically devised an equation of wave mechanics that bears his name. He was a co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize for physics. Today he is popularly known for the paradox of Schr枚dinger鈥檚 cat.