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February 2, 2006
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Shapely numbers
What Michael Hopkins thinks about from day to day is algebraic topology, a field that solves topological, or geometrical, problems by translating them into algebra. (Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office)
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Michael Hopkins, algebraic topologist
Professor studies the relationships between numbers and shapes
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