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Michael Atiyah
Also known as Michael Francis Atiyah, Michael F. Atiyah, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah
British mathematician
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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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- Collected Papers of V K Patodi
- Fields Medallists' Lectures, 2nd Edition
- Physics and Mathematics of Strings
- Geometry and Physics of Knots
- Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Student Economy Edition
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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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1929 births2019 deaths20th-century British mathematicians21st-century British mathematiciansAbel Prize laureatesAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlgebraic geometersAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish humanistsDifferential geometersEnglish people of Lebanese descent