The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) is a research institute located in

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, whose aim is to stimulate cross fertilization between

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. Named after Austrian physicist

Erwin Schrödinger Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (, ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist with Irish citizenship who developed a number of fundamental results in quantum theory ...

, it is a part of the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

and receives its basic funding from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research.

Mission

The purpose of the ESI is to stimulate research in both mathematics and physics by encouraging interaction of leading scientists from both disciplines. This is mainly done by organizing workshops and inviting mathematicians (Fellows) to spend some time (typically one semester) at the institute. Through its natural location in the center of Europe it also aims to foster intellectual exchange between Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. It has close connections with the Faculty of Physics and the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna. From 1993 on, the Erwin Schrödinger Institute (ESI) was incorporated as a private association. On Monday, October 25, 2010, the ESI was informed - without prior warning - that its funding by the Austrian Ministry of Science would be terminated effective January 1, 2011. However, taking into account the strong objections of the international scientific community, this decision was reconsidered, with the following result: The ESI continued operation in its current form until May 31, 2011. On June 1, 2011, the University of Vienna created a `Forschungsplattform' (Research Platform) under the name `Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics'. This new Forschungsplattform now continues the scientific tradition of the Institute - in its current location - and will in particular fund and support the scientific activities approved by the ESI for the years 2011 and 2012. The Ministry of Science has promised funding of the new Forschungsplattform until 2014, and possibly until 2015.

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External links

Official website
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