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Michael Atiyah

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.

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Atiyah algebroid Atiyah conjecture Atiyah conjecture on configurations Atiyah flop Atiyah–Bott formula Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem Atiyah–Floer conjecture Atiyah–Hirzebruch…
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)
Born
Michael Francis Atiyah (1929-04-22)22 April 1929 Hampstead, London, England
Died
11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 89) Edinburgh, Scotland
Doctoral advisor
W. V. D. Hodge
Doctoral students
Simon Donaldson · K. David Elworthy · Nigel Hitchin · Lisa Jeffrey · Frances Kirwan

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Michael AtiyahBornMichael Francis Atiyah (1929-04-22)22 April 1929 Hampstead, London, England1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDied11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 89) Edinburgh, Scotland1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral advisorW. V. D. Hodge1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsSimon Donaldson1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsK. David Elworthy1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsNigel Hitchin1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsLisa Jeffrey1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsFrances Kirwan1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsPeter Kronheimer1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsRuth Lawrence1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsGeorge Lusztig1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsIan R. Porteous1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsGraeme Segal1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahDoctoral studentsDavid O. Tall1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahEducationTrinity College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahFieldsMathematics1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahKnown forAtiyah algebroid Atiyah conjecture Atiyah conjecture on configurations Atiyah flop Atiyah–Bott formula Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem Atiyah–Floer conjecture Atiyah–Hirzebruch…1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahOther notable studentsEdward Witten1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahThesisSome Applications of Topological Methods in Algebraic Geometry (1955)1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahWorkplacesUniversity of Oxford1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahWorkplacesInstitute for Advanced Study1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahWorkplacesUniversity of Leicester1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahWorkplacesUniversity of Edinburgh1.00infobox
Michael AtiyahWorkplacesUniversity of Cambridge1.00infobox

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