Nigel Hitchin

15.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
77 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Nigel Hitchin is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Hitchin has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Geometry and Topology, 25 papers in Mathematical Physics and 21 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Nigel Hitchin's work include Geometry and complex manifolds (26 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (23 papers) and Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (16 papers). Nigel Hitchin is often cited by papers focused on Geometry and complex manifolds (26 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (23 papers) and Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (16 papers). Nigel Hitchin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and United States. Nigel Hitchin's co-authors include Michael Atiyah, I. M. Singer, Yu. I. Manin, Vladimir Drinfeld, Ulf Lindström, A. Karlhede, M. Roček, T. J. Willmore, Michael K. Murray and N. S. Manton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Communications in Mathematical Physics and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Hitchin

74 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1978 1987 1987 2003 250 500 750

Peers

Nigel Hitchin
Comparison fields: 5 of 87
  • Geometry and Topology 4.2k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3.1k
  • Mathematical Physics 2.7k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2.3k
  • Applied Mathematics 2.0k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel Hitchin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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2 2
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Integrable systems : twistors, loop groups, and Riemann surfaces : based on lectures given at a conference on integrable systems organized by N.M.J. Woodhouse and held at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, in September 1997
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4 23
5 5
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Singularities and Computer Algebra (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)
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7
Lectures on Special Lagrangian Submanifolds
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8 16
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Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces
28
10
Einstein metrics and the eta-invariant.
15
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Poncelet polygons and the Painlevé equations
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12 179
13 12
14 48
15 1
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The Yang-Mills equations and the topology of 4-manifolds
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17 191
18 112
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Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry breakdown →
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20 358

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