Michael Atiyah

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geometer human mathematician topologist

Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.

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Michael Atiyah canonical	33
Sir Michael Atiyah	4
Atiyah	3
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah	1

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instanceOf	geometer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ topologist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	Abel Prize ⓘ Copley Medal ⓘ De Morgan Medal ⓘ Felix Klein Prize ⓘ Fields Medal ⓘ King Faisal International Prize in Science ⓘ surface form: King Faisal International Prize for Science Lobachevsky Prize ⓘ surface form: Lobachevsky Medal Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-04-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2019-01-11 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	William V. D. Hodge ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Graeme Segal ⓘ Isadore Singer ⓘ Nigel Hitchin ⓘ Simon Donaldson ⓘ
educatedAt	Manchester Grammar School ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer	Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Lebanese ⓘ
familyName	Michael Atiyah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Atiyah
fieldOfWork	algebraic geometry ⓘ differential geometry ⓘ geometry ⓘ global analysis ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ topology ⓘ
fullName	Michael Atiyah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah
givenName	Michael ⓘ
hasChild	David Atiyah ⓘ David Atiyah ⓘ surface form: John Atiyah David Atiyah ⓘ surface form: Robin Atiyah
honorificTitle	Order of Merit ⓘ Sir ⓘ
knownFor	Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem ⓘ Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence ⓘ Atiyah–Singer index theorem ⓘ K-theory ⓘ K-theory ⓘ surface form: topological K-theory work on gauge theory ⓘ work on instantons ⓘ work on monopoles ⓘ
memberOf	Académie des Sciences ⓘ surface form: L’Académie des Sciences National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
notableIdea	application of index theory to theoretical physics ⓘ use of gauge theory in four-dimensional topology ⓘ
notableWork	“Elliptic Operators and Compact Groups” (with Raoul Bott) ⓘ “Introduction to Commutative Algebra” (with Ian G. Macdonald) ⓘ “K-Theory” (book with Friedrich Hirzebruch and others) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Edinburgh ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences ⓘ Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ President of the Royal Society ⓘ President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
spouse	Lusiana Burchard ⓘ

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Institute for Advanced Study → notableScholar → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Wolf Prize in Mathematics → hasLaureate → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Isadore Singer → coAuthor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Sylvester Medal → hasNotableRecipient → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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De Morgan Medal → notableRecipient → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Corpus → hasNotableAlumni → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Atiyah–Bott Prize → namedAfter → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Old Salopians → hasNotableMember → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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topological quantum field theory → axiomatizedBy → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Simon Donaldson → doctoralAdvisor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

The Perse School → hasAlumni → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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J. H. C. Whitehead → notableStudent → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

K-theory → developedBy → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence → namedAfter → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence → introducedBy → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

“K-Theory” (book with Friedrich Hirzebruch and others) → hasAuthor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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“Introduction to Commutative Algebra” (with Ian G. Macdonald) → author → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

subject surface form: Introduction to Commutative Algebra

“Introduction to Commutative Algebra” (with Ian G. Macdonald) → hasCoauthor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

subject surface form: Introduction to Commutative Algebra

“Elliptic Operators and Compact Groups” (with Raoul Bott) → author → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Nigel Hitchin → doctoralAdvisor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Graeme Segal → doctoralAdvisor → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Lusiana Burchard → spouse → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem → namedAfter → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

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Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford → hasNotableHolder → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

National Academy of Sciences Award in Mathematics → notableRecipient → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford → hasNotableHolder → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

families index theorem → developedBy → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

equivariant index theorem → associatedWith → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

Senior Whitehead Prize → hasNotableRecipient → Michael Atiyah ⓘ

LMS Prize → notableRecipient → Michael Atiyah ⓘ