December 6, at 4 p.m. Don Zagier Seminar (at SISSA) From Isolation Emerges a Mathematics Genius

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Tomorrow, December 6, 4 p.m., Big Meeting Room, SISSA Main building, Via 
Bonomea 265

*Don Zagier*, a professor at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn and the 
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, will 
give the second lecture in the series of seminars on the History of 
Science organized by The Interdisciplinary Laboratory (ILAS).

*From Isolation Emerges a Mathematics Genius*

    It is well known that Japan was forcibly isolated from the rest of
    the world from the beginning of the 17th century to the mid-19th
    century. What few people know, however, is that during that period
    of time, in spite of, or perhaps because of this, the country of the
    Rising Sun developed its own form of mathematics with particular
    features as well as striking similarities to what was happening in
    the rest of the world.

    Molti sapranno che il Giappone, dall’inizio del 17° secolo a metà
    del 19° si è forzatamente isolato dal resto del mondo. Quello che
    però non molti sanno è che in quel periodo di tempo, nonostante o
    forse grazie a questo, il Paese del Sol Levante ha sviluppato una
    matematica tutta sua, con aspetti peculiari ma anche analogie
    sorprendenti con quanto accadeva nel resto del mondo.

http://www.sissa.it/news/isolation-emerges-genius

The seminar is public, free of charge and will be held in English.

Info: Laboratorio Interdisciplinare - SISSA
Via Bonomea, 265 - 34136 TRIESTE
Mila Bottegal: tel. +39 040 3787549; e-mail: mila.bottegal at sissa.it
Claudia Parma: tel. +39 040 3787401; e-mail: claudia.parma at sissa.it




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