The Floer Jungle | Not Even Wrong
There’s a remarkable new book out about the life and work of Andreas Floer, entitled The Floer Jungle, co-written by writer Siobhan Roberts (author of some great biographies of mathematicians…
There’s a remarkable new book out about the life and work of Andreas Floer, entitled The Floer Jungle, co-written by writer Siobhan Roberts (author of some great biographies of mathematicians) and mathematician Helmut Hofer. Hofer has also given talks recently covering the material in the book, see for instance video here and slides here. The story of Floer’s career and his work is a fascinating one. The book is written at a mixture of levels, starting out with some chapters explaining background at an easily accessible level, but then moving on to the details of the symplectic geometry and…
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