A prestigious mathematician is visiting the University of Oregon, where he’ll deliver two seminars. George Lusztig is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He is visiting the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematics from April 1 to 3.
Lusztig is a leading figure in the field of representation theory. Among his accolades are the American Mathematical Society fellowship, Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow, Wolf Prize, and a Guggenheim fellow. The Wolf Foundation said in 2022 that Lustzig’s contributions to the discipline mark him as, “one of the great mathematicians of our time.”
Lusztig will provide two lectures, including a special colloquium titled “Fourier transform as a triangular matrix.” The colloquium is 4 p.m. Friday, April 3 at Tykeson 140, followed by a reception.