Isaac Newton Institute
The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge is a UK national research institute for mathematics and theoretical physics. It was founded in 1992 and is named after Isaac Newton . The first director was the mathematician and Fields Prize winner Michael Atiyah with the physicist Peter Goddard as Deputy Director.
According to the concept, it should not have permanent research staff, but rather hold workshops and conferences on changing key topics (two of which run at the same time), but which should be longer (four to six months) than, for example, the one-week Oberwolfach conferences.
It is supported by the University of Cambridge , with contributions from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), the Leverhulme Trust and the London Mathematical Society, among others . When it was founded, St John's College , on whose premises the institute is located, and Trinity College (Isaac Newton Trust) played a role.
In 1993 Andrew Wiles presented his proof of the Fermat conjecture here . In 2002, the Center for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University opened in the vicinity of the institute in which the university's mathematical institutes are bundled.
Other directors after Atiyah were Keith Moffatt (since 1996), John Kingman (since 2001) and David Wallace (since 2006). They are supported by the Institute's Scientific Steering Committee (SSC).
The address is 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge.
literature
- European Mathematical Society : Newsletter , September 2005.
