Mathematics occupies a unique space between the natural sciences and philosophy. It furnishes the language for the former, while its self-understanding and internal structure are more akin to philosophy.
In his #Thursday Colloquium, Ralph Kaufmann will provide glimpses into this dynamic. Starting from familiar terrain like classical geometry and algebra, we will progress on a swift historical voyage of ideas and language toward the frontiers of research in mathematical physics, which uses modern tools, like category theory, that map hidden structural relationships.