Speaker
Prof.
Michael Berry
(University of Bristol)
Description
This concerns a substantial and fast-developing area, in which the concept of functions that vary faster than they should connects a number of subjects conventionally regarded as separate: quantum physics, optical singularities, mathematical function theory, superresolution microscopy, radar theory... The connections provide a wonderful illustration of the unity of different areas of mathematics and physics.
F.C. Frank: “Physics is not just Concerning the Nature of Things, but Concerning the Interconnectedness of all the Natures of Things”
