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| Professor Sir Michael Atiyah, FRS,
is a leading figure in mathematics today known for his
development of K-Theory and his work (Jointly with I.M.
Singer) on the Index Theorem. His ideas have had a great
impact on mathematics as well as many areas of theoretical
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Position held: Professor Atiyah has held
many distinguished positions during his career including:
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Honours Conferred: He was one of the
recipients of the 1966 Fields Medal with I.M. Singer. Professor
Atiyah has received the Royal Medal, the De Morgan Medal and
the Copley Medal. He was knighted in 1983 and made a member
of the Order of Merit in 1992. He has been awarded honorary
degrees by several universities including Warwick, St Andrews,
Cambridge, Chicago, London, Rutgers and Edinburgh
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Publications: Professor Atiyah is the author
of Introduction to commutative Algebra (with I.G. MacDonald)K-Theory,
both of which are classics of twentieth Century mathematics
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