To celebrate Pi Day on the evening of Tuesday 14 March 2023, University of Sydney mathematician Oded Yacobi presented “Duels and Duality: A fable about the life and mathematics of Évariste Galois”.
What does the French revolution, a deadly duel and squaring a circle have to do with the birth of modern algebra? In this talk, Oded explored the amazing (and amazingly short) life of Évariste Galois, and the ideas he developed to solve problems that had bedevilled mathematicians for centuries.
Event photo gallery
All photographs by Maja Baska.
SMRI banner in the Nanoscience Hub
SMRI Director Professor Geordie Williamson giving acknowledgement of Country
SMRI Director Professor Geordie Williamson introducing the speaker
Audience members
A/Professor Oded Yacobi introduces "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
Audience members
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
Audience members, USyd mathematics PhD candidate Grace Garden (centre)
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
"Duels and Duality" audience members
A/Professor Oded Yacobi presents "Duels and Duality"
"Duels and Duality" audience members, from left: USyd mathematician Dr Jonathan Spreer, SMRI Executive Director Professor Stephan Tillmann
"Duels and Duality" audience members
"Duels and Duality" audience members
"Duels and Duality" audience members. Left: SMRI postdoctoral researcher Dr Thomas Le Fils
"Duels and Duality" audience members
"Duels and Duality" audience members
"Duels and Duality" attendees, centre: Dr Jonathan Spreer
SMRI Director Professor Geordie Williamson, mathematician Professor Mary Myerscough
SMRI Director Professor Geordie Williamson, A/Prof Oded Yacobi, A/Prof Zsuzsanna Dancso
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees: Dr Harini Desiraju (University of Sydney), SMRI visitor Professor Dr Marc Burger (ETH Zürich)
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees: SMRI comms coordinator Larissa Fedunik (second from left), SMRI visitor Prof Dr Marc Burger (second from right)
"Duels and Duality" attendees, centre: School of Maths & Stats School Manager Jennifer Burn
"Duels and Duality" attendees, from left: SMRI postdoc Dr Thomas Le Fils
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
"Duels and Duality" attendees
