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.

Aliases (3)

Atiyah ×1
Sir Michael Atiyah ×1
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
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 for Science → 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 → University of Cambridge → University of Edinburgh → University of Oxford →
ethnicOrigin	Lebanese →
familyName	Atiyah →
fieldOfWork	algebraic geometry → differential geometry → geometry → global analysis → mathematical physics → mathematics → topology →
fullName	Sir Michael Francis Atiyah →
givenName	Michael →
hasChild	David Atiyah → John Atiyah → Robin Atiyah →
honorificTitle	Order of Merit → Sir →
knownFor	Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem → Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence → Atiyah–Singer index theorem → K-theory → topological K-theory → work on gauge theory → work on instantons → work on monopoles →
memberOf	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 →
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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isadore Singer →	coAuthor
Michael Atiyah ("Atiyah") →	familyName
Michael Atiyah ("Sir Michael Francis Atiyah") →	fullName
Wolf Prize in Mathematics →	hasLaureate
Corpus ("Sir Michael Atiyah") →	hasNotableAlumni
Annals of Mathematics Studies →	hasNotableAuthor
Sylvester Medal →	hasNotableRecipient
Atiyah–Singer index theorem →	namedAfter
De Morgan Medal →	notableRecipient
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar