Edward Witten

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:David_Gross
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:medal
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkbp:born August 26, 1951
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:D-branes
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Ad_S/_CFT_correspondence
topological string theory
M-theory formulation
Witten's work on the implications of string theory for particle physics
Witten's work on the mathematical foundations of string theory
Witten index
Witten's conjecture
Witten's proof of the Morse inequalities
Witten's work on knot theory
Witten's work on mathematical physics education
Witten's work on quantum computing
Witten's work on supersymmetric gauge theories
Witten's work on the Jones polynomial
Witten's work on the geometric Langlands program
Witten's work on the holographic principle
Witten's work on the nature of spacetime
Witten's work on the role of symmetry in physics
Witten's work on the unification of forces
Witten's work on the relationship between physics and mathematics
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:M-theory
gptkbp:education gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Maryland
gptkb:Brandeis_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:string_theory
mathematical physics
supersymmetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Witten
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:David_Gross
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Edward_Nelson
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:is_known_for_contributions_to mathematical physics
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:Ad_S/_CFT_correspondence
gptkb:M-theory
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Juan_Maldacena
gptkb:Nima_Arkani-Hamed
gptkb:Cumrun_Vafa
gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkbp:published_work topological field theory
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:quantum_field_theory
quantum gravity
topological field theory
mathematical aspects of string theory
gptkbp:resides_in gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkb:Arthur_H._Compton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3