’Awestruck’: Mathematician Székelyhidi Researches in the Einstein Room at Princeton

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Székelyhidi is currently researching in the Einstein Room at the Institute for A
Székelyhidi is currently researching in the Einstein Room at the Institute for Advanced Study. Photo: private

It’s a great honour for mathematician Professor László Székelyhidi from Leipzig University: since last September he has been spending the academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton. In his role as Distinguished Visiting Professor, he has the opportunity to work in the famous room where Albert Einstein once conducted research. The institute was the final place where Einstein worked and a refuge for many other scientists who had fled Germany. Thanks to Einstein, the "father of modern physics", the Institute for Advanced Study became one of the most famous research centres in the world. "On the one hand, I am simply awestruck. ...

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