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International Day of Mathematics
Blick in den Körper: Über das Inverse und medizinische Bildgebung
Giles Gardam disproves Kaplansky's unit conjecture
Patience and perseverance
Virtual Winterschool on Analysis and Applied Mathematics
PhD students and postdocs share their experiences
Girls go Mathematics!
Focus Programmes 2021
WWU Research Prize for Prof. Dr. Eugen Hellmann
Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann: Frobenius-conjugacy classes and affine Deligne-Lusztig varieties
Prof. Dr. Clara Löh: Computing simplicial volumes
Prof. Dr. Clara Löh (Universität Regensburg) will give a talk entitled "Computing simplicial volumes" on 28 January 2021, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Prof. Dr. Ruth Charney: Searching for Hyperbolicity
Prof. Dr. Ruth Charney (Brandeis University) will give a talk entitled "Searching for Hyperbolicity?" on 21 January 2021, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
New Topical Program on Cell Dynamics and Mathematical Modelling
Research topics of our new members
DFG provides funding for new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “inSight”
Prof. Dr. Carolyn Gordon: Can you hear the shape of a manifold?
Prof. Dr. Carolyn Gordon (Dartmouth College) will give a talk entitled "Can you hear the shape of a manifold?" on 14 January 2021, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Prof. Dr. Ilaria Perugia: Problem-oriented finite elements
Prof. Dr. Ilaria Perugia (Universität Wien) will give a talk entitled "Problem-oriented finite elements" on 10 December 2020, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Exceptional award strengthens Mathematics Münster
Prof. Dr. Leif Döring: On individualisation strategies in university education in mathematics
Prof. Dr. Leif Döring (Universität Mannheim) will give a talk entitled "On individualisation strategies in university education in mathematics" on 3 December 2020, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Prof. Dr. Gilles Francfort: Plasticity, a template for dissipation in solids
Prof. Dr. Gilles Francfort (Université Paris XIII) will give a talk entitled "Plasticity, a template for dissipation in solids" on 26 November 2020, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Nicolas Perkowski (FU Berlin): Infinite regularization by noise
Prof. Dr.Nicolas Perkowski (FU Berlin) will give a talk entitled "Infinite regularization by noise" on 19 November 2020, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Maths until midnight
Colloquium Wilhelm Killing starts with Prof. Dr. Jacob Bedrossian (Maryland)
Prof. Dr. Jacob Bedrossian (Maryland) will give a talk entitled "Almost-sure exponential mixing for stochastic Navier-Stokes with applications to passive scalar turbulence" on 12 November 2020, via Zoom. The talk takes place at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm.
Opening colloquium
O-Minimality and the André-Oort Conjecture
A night full of mathematics
Supporting a good start at Mathematics Münster
First virtual edition of “Brücken in der Mathematik”
Virtual edition of “Brücken in der Mathematik”
MATHRIX Professorship: an important step in an academic career
First retreat of our graduate school MMGS
New perspectives on K- and L-theory
One more year Münster Research Fellow: Prof. Dr. Stephan Luckhaus
Ready for the next step
Prof. Dr. Hannah Markwig (Tübingen): Curve counting and tropical geometry
Top position for mathematics
Support for early career researchers
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück (Bonn): Groups meet C*-algebras: an appetizer
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück will give a talk entitled "Groups meet C*-algebras: an appetizer " on 18 June 2020, via Zoom. The talk starts at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm. Zoom-ID: 91691193801
Gianluigi Rozza (SISSA): Reduced order methods in computational fluid dynamics
Prof. Dr. Gianluigi Rozza will give a talk entitled "State of the art and perspectives for reduced order methods in computational fluid dynamics" on Wednesday, 10 June 2020, via Zoom. The talk starts at 4:30 pm. The virtual tea time starts at 4:15 pm. Zoom-ID: 94121190906
Clusters of Excellence: plans and perspectives
Making research easy to understand
Portraits of Mathematics Münster's professors
Invitation to online film event
New professor of theoretical mathematics: Anna Siffert
Digital teaching until 31 May
Evaluating and optimising catalytic filters
First International Day of Mathematics
"International Women in Maths Day 2020”
Events cancelled: Day of Mathematics and Girls' Day
++ cancelled ++ Mathematics is Everywhere!
++ cancelled ++ Girls' Day on 26 March 2020
Prof. Dr. Assaf Rinot (Bar-Ilan): Hindman's theorem and uncountable Abelian groups
Dr. Dawid Kielak (Bielefeld): Three-manifolds, Thurston's insights and a little algebra
Prof. Dr. Roberto Longo (Rom): The information in a wave
A mathematical view of the universe
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Huisken (Tübingen and MFO): Deforming hypersurfaces with geometric heat equations and surgery
Prof. Dr. Christian Bär (Potsdam): Counterintuitive approximations
WWU Dissertation Prize for Dr. Annika Bach
Dr. José Luis Romero (Wien): Sampling and time-frequency analysis
Prof. Dr. Nicola Gigli (SISSA Trieste): Functional analysis and metric geometry
Prof. Dr. Nicola Gigli (SISSA Trieste) will give a talk entitled "Functional analysis and metric geometry" on 5 December 2019 at 4:30 pm in lecture hall M5. Tea and coffee will be served in the Common Room from 4pm.
Prof. Dr. Michael Röckner (Bielefeld): Nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations and distribution dependent SDE
An enthusiastic stochastic and writer
Prof. Dr. Gérard Besson (Grenoble): Compactness results for non positively curved metric measured spaces
Next Thursday: Fields medalist Wendelin Werner will hold John von Neumann Lecture
Department offers various insights for prospective students
Conference "Advanced Solvers for modern Architectures 2019" at MM Conference Centre
Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider (TU Dresden): Concentration of measure and its applications in topological dynamics
MMGS promotes networking and scientific excellence
Prof. Dr. Bachir Bekka (Rennes): Dual spaces of algebraic groups
Prof. Dr. Marc Levine (Duisburg-Essen): GWGW theory
New postdocs of Mathematics Münster: Scientific postdoc presentations
Get an insight into the research of Mathematic Münster's new postdoctoral researchers. In short scientific presentations these postdocs will introduce their topics: Giles Gardam, Sahana Hassan Balasubramanya, Claudius Heyer, Benno Kuckuck, Omar Mohsen, Matteo Perugini, Jens Reinhold and Alexander Stottmeister.
Register now: Conference "Advanced Solvers for modern Architectures 2019"
Prof. Dr. Alberto Abbondandolo: On short closed geodesics, shadows of symplectic balls and polar bodies
Be part of Mathematics Münster: Apply now for PhD and postdoctoral positions!
New Parent-child rooms
Successful start with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück
Apply this week for PhD and postdoctoral positions!
Shanghai ranking: top position for mathematics
In the recently published "Shanghai Ranking", a worldwide comparison of universities, mathematics of the University of Münster was ranked 51-75, one group higher than in the previous year. Münster's mathematics also scored very well in a national comparison: it now ranks among the top 3 in Germany.
Mathematical lectures for laypersons
The Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster" celebrates its official launch
Opening of the Common Room
Münster Research Fellow: Prof. Dr. Stephan Luckhaus (Leipzig)
European Research Council award for Wilhelm Winter
Prof. Dr. Yves Benoist (Université Paris-Sud): Arithmeticity of discrete groups
Prof. Dr. Yves Benoist (Université Paris-Sud) will held the 15. John von Neumann lecture. It takes place on 18 April 2019, 4:30 pm, in lecture hall M5.
One term – three different interpretations
Mathematics Münster achieves 2nd place in DFG third-party funding
Further confirmation for mathematics at WWU Münster: In absolute terms of DFG funding, the University of Münster ranks second among German universities in mathematics with 12.8 million euros. The Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, with 197.1 million euros, ranks 13th overall in Germany in terms of third-party funding. This is shown by the current funding atlas of the German Research Foundation (DFG).