A public lecture (25 February) by Dr Constanze Roizheim from the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS), will explore how topology can be applied to the world today, as well as how it can be used to solve problems that have been open for several thousand years.
Topology is a relatively new form of geometry that examines objects, structures and networks in a way very different to the classical Euclidean approach dating back to the Ancient Greeks.
In her lecture, which is free and open to all, Dr Roitzheim will reveal how topology helps us to navigate the London Underground, why the earth really is two-dimensional, how a doughnut is the same as a coffee cup and how these concepts helped solve problems thousands of years ago.
‘Topology: A story of doughnuts, power lines and the London Underground’ will take place 18:00-19:00 in Sibson Lecture Theatre 3 on the University’s Canterbury campus. All are welcome.