In this issue of the Newsletter

Spaces of Functions with a Bounded Number of Critical Points

By John Pardon, Professor of Mathematics, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

The Black Hole Information Paradox

A 50 Year Journey – By Samir D. Mathur

Puzzle Time

The Fisherman and the Boat by Alexander Abanov Integer Mutations by Maxim Braverman

The Simons Center Art and Outreach Program

A summary of the Art and Outreach events hosted by the Simons Center during the fall 2025 and winter 2026, including a series of Della Pietra sponsored lectures by Prof Avi Wigderson (IAS)

Alastair Noble exhibits Babel/Babble at the SCGP Art Gallery

  Babel/Babble by Alastair Noble   On display in the SCGP Art Gallery through November 11, 2011   About the Installation The first BABEL installation was presented in the Juan Heeren Gallery of the Peruvian North American Bi-national Cultural Center in Lima, Peru in May 2007. This installation was an architectural structure of interlocking hexagonal … Read more

Sir Michael Atiyah, A Problem in Elementary Euclidean Geometry

Title: A problem in Elementary Euclidean Geometry Speaker: Sir Michael Atiyah Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm, Tuesday, October 25th Place: Auditorium 103, Simons Center     Abstract: Over a decade ago I stumbled across a new and apparently very elementary problem in Euclidean Geometry involving n distinct points in 3-space. Except for n =2,3,4 it remains … Read more

SCGP Cafe hosts a Full Moon Wine and Cheese – November 2011

Full Moon Wine and Cheese Thursday, November 10, 2011 6 pm – 9 pm Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University Enjoy fine wines from Jamesport vineyard expertly paired with locally sourced cheeses by Chef Paolo while gazing at the stars from the Cafe’s outdoor eating area. $25 per person, cash and credit accepted … Read more

Brian Greene on the Status of String Theory

Brian Greene is “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.” He is the co-director of the Center for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. In his latest book “The hidden reality,” he brings the reader on a journey through the parallel universes of the string theory landscape.

The Butterfly Wall

Earth, Air, Fire, Water Toby Buonagurio’s most recent commissioned, public artwork is titled “Earth, Air, Fire, Water.” It is permanently installed on the central lobby wall of the brand new Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on the Stony Brook University campus. The artwork is comprised of eleven, enormous, unique, hand-made, glazed and lustered, sculptural … Read more