Connecting Topology and Abstract Algebra with George Lusztig (2014 Shaw Prize)

MIT Professor George Lusztig (2014 Shaw Prize) discusses his career in mathematics with University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford. Recorded at the 2023 Hong Kong Laureate Forum. *CORRECTION: the image at 8:55 is Serge Lang, when George is in fact talking about Jean-Pierre Serre. George begins with his early career in Romania, before a chance meeting with Isadore Singer - and the invitation to Oxford that followed - changed his life. Whilst there, George worked with Singer and Michael Atiyah, following the latter to Princeton as his graduate student. Full list of publications by George Lusztig: https://math.mit.edu/~gyuri/pub.html Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem: Atiyah, Michael F.; Singer, Isadore M. (1963), "The Index of Elliptic Operators on Compact Manifolds", Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 69 (3): 422–433, doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1963-10957-X 2014 Shaw Prize in Mathematics: https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2014-mathematical-sciences/ 2014 Shaw Prize video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_jQs536Zk Links to Tom's other interviews with Laureates in Maths and Computer Science. Robert Langlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNh0cd09hxQ Whitfield Diffie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaanzpCkc8c Lesley Lamport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPVvReKyhmw Alessio Figalli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oob466Ia9f4 Martin Hairer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6XP3n-Sjiw Michael Atiyah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alujy8SVIDM Daniel Spielman: https://youtu.be/SVfabuPRkYg Efim Zlemanov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz3_RzZzuO8 Steven Balbus: https://youtu.be/W1teZXKqdCw Noga Alon: https://youtu.be/yaFoaeuhlos Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ All video footage is shown under a fair use policy for educational purposes via a Creative Commons licence. The copyright remains the property of the owner of the footage. For more maths content check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/ You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths. https://www.facebook.com/tomrocksmaths/ https://twitter.com/tomrocksmaths https://www.instagram.com/tomrocksmaths/ Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here: https://www.beautifulequation.com/collections/tom-rocks-maths With thanks to George Lusztig Hong Kong Laureate Forum The Shaw Prize George M. Benson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isadore_Singer_1977_(re-scanned_1,_bordered).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Serge_Lang#/media/File:Serge_Lang,_Aug_1977_(de-bordered).jpg