Podcast appearances and mentions of robert fefferman

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. During the University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division Diploma and Hooding Ceremony on June 13, 2015, graduates from Chemistry, Computer Science, Financial Mathematics, Geophysical Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, and Statistics received their MS and PhD degrees. Faculty members Andrew Campbell and Angela Olinto were honored with the Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring and Robert Fefferman and Robert Wald were honored with the Arthur L. Kelly Prize for Exceptional Service.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. During the University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division Diploma and Hooding Ceremony on June 13, 2015, graduates from Chemistry, Computer Science, Financial Mathematics, Geophysical Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, and Statistics received their MS and PhD degrees. Faculty members Andrew Campbell and Angela Olinto were honored with the Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring and Robert Fefferman and Robert Wald were honored with the Arthur L. Kelly Prize for Exceptional Service.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Infinity and Beyond Bob Fefferman Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division. Weird things can happen with infinity—for one thing, it comes in different sizes. The concept of infinity has tantalized and sometimes troubled humankind for ages. In the 1600s, Galileo introduced a modern attitude toward the infinite by proposing that infinity should obey a different arithmetic from finite numbers. In late 19th century, German mathematician Georg Cantor put infinity on a firm logical foundation and demonstrated that infinity can have different sizes, making him one of the most assailed mathematicians in history. Though his work eventually revolutionized mathematics, his ideas were suppressed and he was imprisoned in mental institutions for most of his later life. In this program, mathematician Robert Fefferman will discuss some of the weird and interesting problems posed by our efforts to understand infinity. Robert Fefferman is the Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Infinity and Beyond Bob Fefferman Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division. Weird things can happen with infinity—for one thing, it comes in different sizes. The concept of infinity has tantalized and sometimes troubled humankind for ages. In the 1600s, Galileo introduced a modern attitude toward the infinite by proposing that infinity should obey a different arithmetic from finite numbers. In late 19th century, German mathematician Georg Cantor put infinity on a firm logical foundation and demonstrated that infinity can have different sizes, making him one of the most assailed mathematicians in history. Though his work eventually revolutionized mathematics, his ideas were suppressed and he was imprisoned in mental institutions for most of his later life. In this program, mathematician Robert Fefferman will discuss some of the weird and interesting problems posed by our efforts to understand infinity. Robert Fefferman is the Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division.