September 2001
The Archive holds the following recordings made in September 2001
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3rd September 2001
Birkbeck College University of London : Discussions with Prof. Basil J. HILEY, Owen MARONEY. and Other Members of TPRU Seminar
1) Algebraic Structures and Pre-Space
2) Topological Perspectives on Quantum Nonlocality
Link to Recording of Discussion
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4th – 7th September 2001 : FW LAWVERE : Lectures in University of Perugia Summer School in General Algebra
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Sets of Notes made on Postings to F.O.M. Website and Discussions of these within informal Cambridge/London Discussion Group on Foundations of Mathematics
Recording of Session of 4th September 2001
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Recording of Session of 7th September 2001
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Friday 7th September 2001 : Birkbeck College London : Conversation with TPRU Seminar Members (Prof Basil HILEY et al.) on Algebraic Structures for Pre-Geometry – re-constructing the notion of a point
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10th September 2001 : Birkbeck College London : TPRU Seminar : Discussion of
1) Lou Kauffman’s Iterant Calculus and Noncommutative Generalizations of the basic operations of Differential Calculus
2) The Algebraic Structure of Phase Space in Classical and Quantum Systems. A Discussion of Bohm and Hiley’s (1983) paper in Yourgrau Memorial Volume.
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11th September 2001 : Discussions on FOM with Alberto Peruzzi and Others
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17th September 2001 : TPRU Seminar Birkbeck College : Discussion of Work of Connes and Rovelli on Time.
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24th September 2001 : TPRU Seminar Birkbeck College : Discussion of Work of Kauffman on Topology and Nonseparability
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24th – 29th SEPTEMBER 2001
GEOMETRY IN THE 20th CENTURY 1930 – 2000 : HISTORY and HORIZONS
An International Colloquium Held in Paris 24th-29th September 2001
Organisers :
Joseph KOUNEIHER
Dominique FLAMENT
Philippe NABBONAND
Christian HOUZEL
Jean-Jacques SZCZECINIARZ
All talks videorecorded. Copyright Histoire de Geometries, MSH Paris. Links by kind permission of the Colloquium Organisers.
For the Full Program of The Colloquium See http://semioweb.msh-paris.fr/geometrie2000/programme.htm
Day 1 : Monday 24th September 2001
Venue : Institut Henri Poincare
Topic : Riemannian Geometry and Its Legacy
8h30 – 9h45 | Welcome to Participants. |
9h45 – 10h15 | Ch. HOUZEL ; D. FLAMENT : Opening Ceremony and presentation on the Themes of the Colloquium : Click here for Link to Videorecording of this Talk |
10h15 – 11h00 | M. BERGER 150 Years of Riemannian Geometry : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
11h15 – 12h00 | H. ROSENBERG The theory of properly embedded minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
12h00 – 12h45 | E. GHYS Les travaux de Calabi, Vesentini, Selberg et Weil sur la rigidité des réseaux dans les groupes de Lie : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
14h30 – 15h15 | F. BUEKENHOUT The prehistory of Tits Buildings : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
15h15 – 16h00 | A. MICHEL The Geometrisation of Physics : with particular reference to the perspectives of Elie Cartan and Hermann Weyl. : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
16h15 – 17h00 | G.HEINZMANN La géométrie et le principe d’idonéité : une relecture de F. Gonseth. : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
17h00 – 17h45 | G. LONGO Les fondements géométriques du calcul ; les fondements cognitifs de la géométrie : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
Day 2 : Tuesday 25th September 2001
Venue : Institut Henri Poincare
Topic : Differential Geometry and Topology
9h00 – 9h45 | P. LIBERMANN : Differential Geometry from Elie Cartan to Charles Ehresmann and André Lichnerowicz : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
9h45 – 10h30 | M. BOILEAU : The Geometry of 3-dimensional Varieties from Seifert to Thurston. La géométrie des variétés de dimension 3 de Seifert à Thurston : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
10h45 – 11h30 | V. POENARU : Concerning Poincare’s Hypothesis : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
11h30 – 12h15 | E. SCHOLZ : How to combine the Dirac equation with GRT? – H. Weyl’s proposal (1929) to use a local spin structure. : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
Afternoon Talks (Session Chair : M. CHAPERON) | |
14h00 – 14h45 | S. SMALE : Perspectives on Poincaré’s conjecture : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
14h45 – 15h00 | Pause |
15h00 – 15h45 | R. BKOUCHE : Lire Cartan dans les années cinquante et soixante : la théorie des structures infinitésimales : Reading Cartan in the 1950s and 60s : The Theory of Infinitesimal Structures : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
15h45 – 16h30 | K. VOLKERT : Le retour de la géométrie dans la topologie : The Re-entry of Geometry into Topology : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
Day 3 : Wednesday 26th September
Venue : Institut Henri Poincare
Topics : Geometry and Physics (Part 1) – Complex Geometry : Géométrie et physique (Part 1) – Géométrie complexe
Morning Talks (Session Chair : Ch.M. MARLE) Geometry and Physics. |
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9h00 – 9h45 | M. LACHIEZE-REY Espaces et espaces-temps en Physique : Space and Spacetime in Physics : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
9h45 – 10h30 | J.-P. LUMINET : Topologie et cosmologie : Topology anmd Cosmology : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
10h30 – 10h45 | Pause |
10h45 – 11h30 | D B.L. JULIA : Symétries infinies et dimensions supplémentaires de la physique : des cordes à la gravitation et de l’homogène au singulier : Infinitary Symmetries and additional physical dimensions : From Strings to Gravitation and from the Homogeneous to the Singular : Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
11h30 – 12h15 | H. CRAPO De la géométrie combinatoire de H.Whitney (1935) jusqu’à la géométrie synthétique de Grassmann (1944)Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
Après-midi (Président H. ROSENBERG) Géométrie complexe |
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14h45 – 14h50 | P. DOLBEAULT Sur le problème de Plateau complexeClick here for Link to video recording of this talk |
14h45 – 15h30 | P. LELONG Géométrie complexe et positivitéClick here for Link to video recording of this talk |
15h30 – 16h15 | D. LAMBERT Quelques réflexions sur les fondements de l’efficacité des mathématiques dans les sciences de la natureClick here for Link to video recording of this talk |
16h15 – 16h30 | Pause |
16h30 – 18h00 | Ensemble M. GROMOV M. BOURDON Quelques aspects de la géométrie des groupes Click here for Link to video recording of this talkJ.-C. SIKORAV Flexibilité et rigidité : l’exemple de la géométrie symplectiqueClick here for Link to video recording of this talkA. ZEGHIB Immersions isométriques et systèmes dynamiques Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
Jeudi 27 septembre
Analyse sur les variétés – Géométrie et physique
Matinée (Président B. TEISSIER) Analyse sur les variétés |
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9h00 – 9h45 | J.-M. BONY Analyse microlocale et géométrie symplectique |
9h45 – 10h30 | J.-M. BISMUT Géométrie et intégrale fonctionnelle |
10h30 – 10h45 | Pause |
10h45 – 11h30 | M. ZERNER A propos de l’imbrication de la géométrie, de l’analyse et des méthodes numériques : le Vitushkin sur la complexité de la tabulation |
11h30 – 12h15 | D. BENNEQUIN La dynamique des échelles et la géométrie différentielle |
Après-midi (Président E. GHYS) Géométrie et physique |
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14h30 – 15h15 | Y. MANIN Commutative Geometry as Non-Commutative Geometry |
15h15 – 16h00 | L. NOTTALE Espace-temps non-différentiable et relativité d’échelle |
16h00 – 16h15 | Pause |
16h15 – 17h00 | P. CARTIER La géométrie infinitésimale pure et le boson de Higgs |
Vendredi 28 septembre
Géométrie algébrique – Géométrie symplectique
Matinée (Président P. LELONG) Géométrie algébrique |
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9h00 – 9h45 | N. SCHAPPACHER Eléments de comparaison des contributions d’André Weil et d’Oscar Zariski au développement de la géométrie algébrique au XXè siècle |
9h45 – 10h30 | I. ITENBERG Construction de variétés algébriques réelles |
10h30 – 10h45 | Pause |
10h45 – 11h30 | C. SOULE La géométrie des nombres |
11h30 – 12h15 | J.-J. SZCZECINIARZ Propositions pour une philosophie de la géométrie |
Après-midi (Président M. HOUZEL) Géométrie algébrique |
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14h30 – 15h15 | M.-F. ROY Géométrie et syntaxe : les ensembles semi-algébriques et leurs généralisations. |
15h15 – 16h00 | F. B. CAMPANA Les programmes de classification des variétés algébriques projectives |
16h00 – 16h45 | F. CHARGOIS De l’influence de la théorie de Galois sur l’oeuvre de Grothendieck |
16h45 – 17h15 | Pause |
A partir de 17h15, les conférences auront lieu à : L’Ecole Normale Supérieure – 45, rue d’Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, Salle des Actes Après-midi (Président J.M. SOURIAU) Géométrie symplectique |
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17h15 – 18h00 | C. VITERBO Le nombre de Maslov entre géométrie et analyse |
18h00 – 18h45 | A. WEINSTEIN The Geometry of Momentum |
18h45 – 19h30 | Ch.-M. MARLE Espace et temps physiques et description des systèmes mécaniques |
Les conférences du samedi 29 septembre auront lieu à :
L’ ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES – Institut de France
23, quai de Conti, 75006, Paris
Salle Hugot
Samedi 29 septembre
Géométrie symplectique – Géométrie et physique
Matinée (Président A. WEINSTEIN) Géométrie symplectique |
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9h00 – 9h45 | J.-M. SOURIAU Les groupes comme universaux |
9h45 – 10h30 | A. HAEFLIGER Naissance et développement de la théorie des feuilletages |
10h30 – 10h45 | Pause |
10h45 – 11h30 | E. GIROUX Le contact : entre géométrie et topologie |
11h30 – 12h15 | M. CHAPERON Jets, transversalité, singularités (Thom) |
Après-midi (Président Y. MANIN) Géométrie et physique |
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14h30 – 15h15 | M. ATIYAH Geometry and Physics in the 20th Century |
15h15 – 16h00 | J.-P. BOURGUIGNON La redécouverte des spineurs par les mathématiciens |
16h00 – 16h15 | Pause |
16h15 – 17h00 | A. CONNES Géométrie non-commutative |
17h00 – 17h15 | Pause |
Pour une fin d’après-midi | |
17h15 – 18h00 | S. SMALE Geometry and the changing direction of mathematics |
18h00 – 18h45 | D. BENNEQUIN L’espace des sciences humaines |
24th – 29th SEPTEMBER 2001
GEOMETRY IN THE 20th CENTURY 1930 – 2000 : HISTORY and HORIZONS
An International Colloquium Held in Paris 24th-29th September 2001
Organisers :
Joseph KOUNEIHER
Dominique FLAMENT
Philippe NABBONAND
Christian HOUZEL
Jean-Jacques SZCZECINIARZ
All talks videorecorded. Copyright Histoire de Geometries, MSH Paris. Links by kind permission of the Colloquium Organisers.
For the Full Program of The Colloquium See http://semioweb.msh-paris.fr/geometrie2000/programme.htm
Day 1 : Monday 24th September 2001
Venue : Institut Henri Poincare
Topic : Riemannian Geometry and Its Legacy
Morning Events :
8:30 – 9:45 : Welcome to Participants
9:45 – 10:15 :
Ch. HOUZEL and D. FLAMENT : Opening Ceremony and presentation on the Themes of the Colloquium
Click here for Link to video recording of Opening Ceremony and Introductory Address
10:15 – 11:00 : M. BERGER : 150 Years of Riemannian Geometry
Click here for Link to video recording of this Talk
11:15 – 12:00 : H. ROSENBERG : The theory of properly embedded minimal surfaces in Euclidean 3-space
Click here for Link to recording of this Talk
12:00 – 12:45 : E. GHYS : Les travaux de Calabi, Vesentini, Selberg et Weil sur la rigidité des réseaux dans les groupes de LieClick here for Link to video recording of this talkLUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Talks : 14:00 – 14: 45 : F. BUEKENHOUT : The prehistory of Tits BuildingsClick here for Link to video recording of this talk15:00 – 15:45 : A. MICHEL The Geometrisation of Physics : with particular reference to the perspectives of Elie Cartan and Hermann Weyl.
Click here for Link to video recording of this talk |
25th September 2001
Professor Klaus VOLKERT : Poincare’s Contributions to Topology
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25th September & 26th September 2001 :
Institut Henri Poincare Paris : 2 Lectures by Professor Stephen SMALE :
Lecture 1 : 25th September 2001
Perspectives on Poincare’s Conjecture : Its Role in the Development of 20th Century Topology
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Lecture 2 : 26th September 2001 (Check date)
Geometry and the Changing Direction of Mathematics
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26th September 2001 : Institut Henri Poincare Paris
Lecture by Prof. M. SIKORAV
Flexible and Rigid Differential Varieties (Check Title of Lecture)
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28th September 2001 : Institut Henri Poincare Paris
Professor Alan WEINSTEIN : The Geometry of Momentum Space
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(?) September 2001 (exact date uncertain)
Institut Henri Poincare Paris
Professor Abdelghani ZEGHIB WEINSTEIN : Isometric immersions and Dynamical Systems.
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28th September 2001
30th September 2001