Two entangled and scientifically impactful lives: Jiří Patera, Pavel Winternitz and the Montréal School of Mathematical Physics

Abstract

This text offers a personal account of the scientific legacy of two giants of mathematical physics at the turn of the Millenium and their heritage in Canada, their land of adoption.

12 pages, Memorial plenary talk at the 34th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Strasbourg, France, July 2022. A few minor edits in the revised version