Michael Atiyah

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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

Career

1. 1929
   Born
2. 1966
   Won Fields medal
3. 1968
   Won Royal Medal
4. 1987
   Won King Faisal International Prize in Science
5. 1988
   Won Copley Medal
6. 2004
   Won Abel Prize
7. 2019
   Passed away
8. Member of Royal Society
9. Member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
10. Member of French Academy of Sciences
11. Notable work: Atiyah–Singer index theorem
12. Notable work: Atiyah algebroid
13. Notable work: Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence
14. Notable work: Atiyah–Segal completion theorem
15. Notable work: Atiyah–Hitchin–Singer theorem

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Hampstead
• •Citizenship: United Kingdom
• •Known as: mathematician, topologist, university teacher
• •Spouse: Lily (Brown) Atiyah