Hopkins Lecture: Mathematical Invariants: How to Know the Answer in Advance

Hopkins’ presentation, "Mathematical Invariants: How to Know the Answer in Advance," discusses how an "invariant" of a system is a quantity, such as total energy, that does not change as the system evolves. The discovery and understanding of invariants is one of the engines that drives the development of mathematics. Hopkins will describe some simple mathematical invariants and the deep mathematics that has evolved from trying to understand them.