Monthly Archives: October 2025

Some Math/Physics Items

Posted on October 25, 2025 by woit

A few quick math/physics items (OK, mostly math…): Contributions to next year’s ICM have already been written up by many speakers, and posted on the arXiv. Try this link to find them. There’s a wonderful new result from Kevin Costello … Continue reading →

Posted in Langlands, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Chen-Ning (Frank) Yang 1922-2025

Posted on October 19, 2025 by woit

Chen-Ning Yang (often known in the US as “Frank”) passed away in Beijing yesterday at the age of 103. He was the last of the great figures of 1950s high-energy particle physics still with us. His name is associated with … Continue reading →

Posted in Obituaries | 19 Comments

The Situation at Columbia XXXIV

Posted on October 17, 2025 by woit

I’m trying to not get distracted from finishing writing up notes on some new ideas about Wick rotation, but here’s some news from Vichy-on-Hudson. Jonathan Cole, who was provost from 1989 to 2003, has written an excellent letter to the … Continue reading →

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