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1、GeometryandPhysicsAuthor(s):MichaelAtiyahSource:TheMathematicalGazette,Vol.80,No.487,CentenaryIssue(Mar.,1996),pp.78-82Publishedby:TheMathematicalAssociationStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3620334Accessed:24/07/200920:06YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJSTOR'sTermsandCondi
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4、on.JSTORisanot-for-profitorganizationfoundedin1995tobuildtrusteddigitalarchivesforscholarship.Weworkwiththescholarlycommunitytopreservetheirworkandthematerialstheyrelyupon,andtobuildacommonresearchplatformthatpromotesthediscoveryanduseoftheseresources.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontacts
5、upport@jstor.org.TheMathematicalAssociationiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheMathematicalGazette.http://www.jstor.org78THEMATHEMATICALGAZTI'EGeometryandPhysicsMICHAELATIYAH1IntroductionInmy1982PresidentialAddresstothe_4MathematicalAssociationItriedtoexplainthe:s:
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7、:igeneralroleofGeometryinMathematicssoitseemsappiopiiate,onthiscentenaryoccasion,thatIshouldmovebeyondtheconfinesofMathematicsanddiscusstheinterrelationofGeometryandPhysics.Therearetwoverygoodreasonsfordoingthis.Oneishistoricalandarisesfromtheclosetiesbetweenthetwosubjectsintheirearlyevolution.
8、Asecondandmoretopicalreasonisthat,overthepasttwodecades,therehasbeenaremarkableburstofinteractionofaquiteunexpectedkindbetweenGeometryandPhysics.Iwillbeginthereforebyabrieflookatthehistoricaldevelopmentbeforemovingtodescribetheexc
