Sir Michael Atiyah, Abel Prize laureate, dies at 89

Sir Michael Atiyah

Atiyah was the recipient together with Isadore Singer of the Abel Prize in 2004, and he also received the Fields Medal, the American Philosophical Society’s Benjamin Franklin Medal, among many other honors. He was the former President of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Atiyah was most recently an Honorary Professor in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. Sir Michael, working at Cambridge University before he retired, made outstanding contributions to geometry and topology.

Vista seminar 2018: Presentations

Robert Armstrong Vistaseminar 2018

This year's topic was "The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in closing the carbon window". Presentations from the seminar are now available.

The Abel Symposium 2019

This is the root diagram for Lie algebra G2.

Abel Symposium 2019 will take place at Scandic Parken Hotel Ålesund, 23-29 June 2019. The title of the symposium is: Geometry, Lie Theory and Applications.

Technology to the rescue?

The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in closing the carbon window

Vistaseminar 2018

Norway is in the driver's seat for the development of CCS technology, but is Norway putting all its eggs in one basket with this prestigious project? At the International VISTA seminar on November 7, high-level experts will present their views on this issue.