2024

Prof. Dr. Peter Albers (University of Heidelberg) will give a talk on "Symplectic billiards, a gentle introduction" on 9 May 2024. The talk takes place at 2:15 pm in lecture hall M6.

In this series of interviews, early career researchers from Mathematics Münster talk to speakers and participants of our MM events. We start with Mihalis Dafermos, professor at University of Princeton, who was interviewed by Milos Provci at the Mid-term Conference. We will be publishing another interview every Tuesday and Thursday until 16 May.

In the first episode of our new Mathematics Münster podcast "On A Tangent", host Simone Ramello is joined by Alex Tullini, a doctoral researcher in General Relativity. We discuss Alex’s journey towards mathematics, going through oranges, eclipses, and the odd similarities between a career in mathematics and surgery.
 

On 25 April 2024, the participants of the "Girls' Day" gained many insights into the world of mathematicians and everyday life of students at Münster University. The faculty and the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster had prepared a varied programme with a rally, a short lecture and puzzles. [de]

In short scientific presentations, the Ada Lovelace Fellows 2023 will give insights into their research: Zahra Mohammadi Khangheshlaghi "Model Theory and The Free Factor Complex", Hanna Stange "Hyperuniformity and Rigidity of Perturbed Lattices" and Alex Tullini "From elliptic to hyperbolic PDEs: the things I did for the love of black holes". After the talks, there will be the opportunity to exchange ideas and meet the Fellows in the Common Room.

We are celebrating gender diversity in mathematics with several events throughout the week from 13-17 May 2024 in the context of the May12 initiative. Join in!

Wir freuen uns, dass uns am 25. April 2024, dem bundesweiten Girls' Day, 27 Schülerinnen besuchen, um die Berufswelt von Mathematikerinnen kennenzulernen. Das abwechslungsreiche Programm von 9 bis 15 Uhr beinhaltet eine Schnuppervorlesung von Prof. Dr. Angela Stevens, eine Rallye quer durch den Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik mit Besuch der Stochastik-Arbeitsgruppe, Knobelaufgaben, Studien- und Berufsweginformationen - und natürlich einen Mensa-Besuch.

From 17 to 22 June 2024, the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster are offering workshops on the island of Sylt. Highschool students who are enthusiastic about mathematics, are in the 10th or 11th grade and come from Münster and the surrounding area can register until 21 April 2024 for the summer academy. [de]

Der Exzellenzcluster Mathematik Münster lädt alle Interessierten herzlich zur nächsten Ausgabe der öffentlichen Vortragsreihe "Brücken in der Mathematik" ein. Prof. Dr. Imma Valentina Curato (TU Chemnitz) stellt am 11. April 2024 um 18:30 Uhr im Planetarium des LWL-Naturkundemuseums die Superhelden hinter den KI-Technologien vor: die Algorithmen. Um Anmeldung wird gebeten.

The French mathematician Michel Talagrand was awarded the prestigious Abel Prize this year, one of the highest honours in mathematics. Over decades, Talagrand has developed a number of methods to better understand random processes. They are also used at the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster.

Around 200 mathematicians from all over the world will be coming together at the Schloss at the University of Münster from 25 to 27 March to discuss current developments in mathematical research. The Cluster of Excellence "Mathematics Münster: Dynamics – Geometry – Structure" will be hosting the conference. The Cluster’s spokesperson, Prof. Thomas Nikolaus, explains the special character of the conference.

The Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW (BLB NRW) has now started construction work for our Centre of Mathematics Münster. The excavators have taken over the previously undeveloped site between Orléans-Ring and Einsteinstraße. The CMM is being built directly in front of the lecture hall building of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. [de]

Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann, investigator at Mathematics Münster, has been awarded the Leibniz Prize 2024 for her influential work on arithmetic algebraic geometry as part of the Langlands Programme. Prof. Dr. Urs Hartl, Dr. Stefania Trentin and Dr. João Lourenço, mathematicians from Eva Viehmann's research environment, provide insights into this complex field of research. Their contributions for mathematical laypersons, maths students and the mathematical community allow an approach in several stages.

The Young Topologists Meeting (YTM) is an annual international conference aimed at early-career researchers in topology - both pure and applied - covering the whole breadth of the subject. It serves as a platform for graduates, PhD researchers and early postdocs to present their research, exchange ideas and build international connections.

Analytic torsion in its many facets is an important secondary spectral invariant studied in global analysis. The aim of this conference is to present a panorama of recent developments and interactions with other fields, that the study of analytic torsion has seen in the last years. Register now!

Passend zum Motto "Spiele mit Mathematik" laden wir Schülerinnen und Schüler der 5. und 6. Klasse am 14.03.2024, dem Internationalen Tag der Mathematik, zu spannenden Spiel-Stationen ein. Von Brückenbau bis Mathefußball und einem Western-Duell ist alles dabei.

Passend zum Tag der Mathematik haben wir eine Sightseeingtour der besonderen Art vorbereitet. Der Mathe-Trail Münster gibt spannende Einblicke in die Stadtgeschichte – verknüpft mit mathematischen Rätseln. Die Aufgaben richten sich an Schülerinnen und Schüler ab der 7. Klasse, aber auch Jüngere und Ältere sind herzlich eingeladen, sich auf den Weg zu machen. Die Tour kann jederzeit gestartet werden, individuell nach Lust und Laune - und Wetter!

We welcome Dr. Thomas Leblé (Université de Paris Cité) as a Münster Research Fellow. He is a promising mathematician in probability theory and mathematical physics. During his stay at our Cluster from 19 February to end of March 2024 he will continue his collaborations with Martin Huesmann.

The Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL) has awarded Dr. Andreas Lietz the Sacks Prize for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic in 2023. He is currently a postdoc at TU Wien. He received his PhD in 2023 under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ralf Schindler at Mathematics Münster. Congratulations, Andreas!

It's official now: The Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster has signed a cooperation agreement with the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. We spoke with Thomas Nikolaus, spokespersonof Mathematics Münster, about the background and opportunities of this collaboration.

Prof. Thomas Nikolaus was elected as a new spokesperson for our Cluster of Excellence last week. He succeeds Prof. Christopher Deninger, who held the position jointly with Prof. Mario Ohlberger since the Cluster began its work in 2019. Mario Ohlberger continues in the position. "I’m delighted to be able to contribute to the successful development of Mathematics Münster from now on as spokesperson," said Thomas Nikolaus after being voted into office, a procedure which took place at the General Assembly of all Cluster members.

On Monday, all doctoral researchers who completed their theses in the past semester were invited to the graduation ceremony of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. We congratulate all graduates of Mathematics Münster and wish them all the best for their future: Lara Beßmann, Chiara D'Onofrio, Martina Fruttidoro, Agnese Mantione, Víctor Navarro Fernández, Adrian Riekert, Stefania Trentin and Qi Yao.

The colloquium in honor of Prof. Dr. Michael Weiss starts on 2 February 2024 at 2 pm in lecture hall M2. Talks will be given by Prof. Dr. Søren Galatius (Kopenhagen) on "Homeomorphisms of contractible manifolds" and Prof. Dr. Manuel Krannich (KIT Karlsruhe) on "Surreal Pontryagin classes".

Explore how mathematics enhances information transmission. Journey through Quantum Information Theory’s role, touching on quantum graphs, operator algebras, and their impact on secure communication channels. The text was written by Dr. Priyanga Ganesan, who spent several months as a Young Research Fellow and WiRe Fellow last year at Mathematics Münster.

Mit einem sehr anschaulichen Vortrag mit vielen animierten Darstellungen brachte Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hensel (LMU München) bei der jüngsten Ausgabe der öffentlichen Reihe "Brücken in der Mathematik" dem Publikum die Verbindungen zwischen Geometrie und Topologie näher - angefangen mit klassischen Resultaten von Gauß und Euler, bis hin zu ganz moderner Mathematik aus dem 21. Jahrhundert. Wer die Veranstaltung verpasst hat, kann jetzt die Videoaufzeichung des Vortrags anschauen.