Kathryn Mann is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Rosevear Faculty Leadership Fellow at Cornell University. Her research concerns geometry, topology, and dynamics: the mathematical study of spaces, shape, deformations, and motion. Before joining Cornell, Dr. Mann held positions at UC Berkeley and Brown University as well as a visiting position at the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu in Paris. Her work has received several honors, including the Rudin Award, the AWM Birman Prize, the Duszenko Award, and a Sloan fellowship. Besides mathematics research, Dr. Mann is also interested in the nature and difficulty of communicating mathematics across audiences and in teaching mathematics as a creative pursuit.
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Mathematics and the Imagination
The Creative Nature of Mathematical Thinking
Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 2pm EST
Event Overview
What do mathematical proofs and poems have in common? Surprisingly, basic research in mathematics may share more similarities with the arts and humanities than you might think.
Join Dr. Kathryn Mann for a behind-the-scenes discussion about the nature of mathematical truth and what makes math a creative and humanistic activity. She will discuss mathematical thinking, what differentiates it from other forms of scientific inquiry, and what mathematicians actually do. (Hint: They don’t just add big numbers.)
Join Dr. Kathryn Mann for a behind-the-scenes discussion about the nature of mathematical truth and what makes math a creative and humanistic activity. She will discuss mathematical thinking, what differentiates it from other forms of scientific inquiry, and what mathematicians actually do. (Hint: They don’t just add big numbers.)
What You'll Learn
- The creative nature of mathematical discovery
- What mathematics research and mathematical proofs are
- How mathematics differs from other forms of scientific inquiry
Speaker
Kathryn Mann
Associate Professor
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor and Joyce A. Yelencsics ‘65 & Frederick M. Rosevear ‘64 Faculty Leadership Fellow, Cornell College of Arts & Sciences
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