Thursday 23 May 2024 at 5 pm, for the cycle "Please Don't Delete: Math Dialogues", Prof. Athanase Papadopoulos (IRMA - Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée, Université de Strasbourg) will give a talk titled Drawing Geographical Maps: From Ptolemy to Milnor and Thurston.
The meeting will take place in Room Camatini - U36 Building (Water Tower, Viale Sarca 232, Milano) University of Milano-Bicocca and will be introduced by Prof. Gianmario Tessitore, Director of the Department.
Abstract: Geographical maps involve many aspects of our lives: art, science, and imagination. We will explain why mathematicians and artists since antiquity were interested in the art of drawing geographical maps. We will also show how several important problems in geometry originate in questions arising from map drawing. We will describe some works on geography by eminent mathematicians such as Ptolemy, Euler, Lagrange, Chebyshev and Milnor. Each of them brought his talent to this beautiful field.
Visit the Page for more information on Prof. Papadopoulos and fill in the form for registration (not mandatory) at the aperitif that will follow.
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