PUBLIC
LECTURE: ALL WELCOME
Geometry
and Physics:
From
Newton to Einstein and beyond
by
Professor Gerd Rudolph
Institute
of Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, Germany
8:00PM,
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Physics Lecture Theatre 1
Sandy Bay Campus, University
of Tasmania
Professor Gerd Rudolph
gained his PhD in mathematical physics at the University of Warsaw in 1980,
and is currently Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of
Leipzig. Professor Rudolph has been working for many years on geometric,
group-theoretical and topological methods in application to classical and
quantum field theory. In 2001 Professor Rudolph was elected an Honorary von
Humboldt Fellow by the Polish Foundation of Science. His visit to Hobart is
supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Leipzig (the capital city of the state of Saxony) has had a proud history in
physics since the foundation of its University in 1409. Birthplace of Leibniz,
Leipzig has also been associated with the work of such physicists as Boltzmann,
Debye, and Heisenberg.
In
his talk Prof. Rudolph will give a
glimpse of theoretical physics using familiar concepts of geometry
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