MathScape 2024 Presents

How Art Helped to Solve Part of the “Witten Problem”

In 1995 Edward Witten, described by Brian Greene as “a million times smarter than we are,” proposed a solution to the “quantum gravity problem” that evaded Stephen Hawking. Until 2020, no solution consistent with Richard Feynman’s view of quantum theory had been found. Einstein believed “...science and art tend to coalesce,” and following this connection the speaker and two PhD students found the first such solution. This talk describes how artwork solved a mathematics problem. Reception to follow

The inaugural MathScape combines an international workshop on cutting-edge research in mathematics with a public lecture linking to the arts and humanities.  MathScape 2024 features the mathematics used by the physicists in their quest to create a “theory of everything”.  

MathScape 2024 is supported by Chuck Doran, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Mathematics and Physics

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Blithewood

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