The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) is a research center in

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, formed by the four mathematical institutes of the

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(Mathematical Institute, Institute for Applied Mathematics, Institute for Numerical Simulation, Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics), the

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(MPIM), and the Institute for Social and Economic Sciences.

History

The Hausdorff Center was established in 2006 as one of the seventeen national Clusters of Excellence that were part of the German government's Excellence Initiative. It was officially opened with a colloquium on 19 and 20 January 2007. In 2012, a second funding period was granted. The Hausdorff Center is the only cluster of excellence in the area of mathematics in Germany. It was ranked 14th in the world for mathematics by the

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in 2021. The center is named after the mathematician

Felix Hausdorff Felix Hausdorff ( , ; November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942) was a German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and ...

(born 8 November 1868; died 26 January 1942).

Organization

The coordinator of the HCM is

Karl-Theodor Sturm Karl-Theodor "Theo" Sturm (born 7.November 1960) is a German mathematician working in stochastic analysis. Life and work After obtaining his Abitur from the Platen-Gymnasium Ansbach in 1980, Sturm began to study Mathematics and Physics at the Un ...

. Altogether, about 70 professors from Bonn are affiliated with the HCM: all professors for Mathematics, of the MPI, and for Theoretical Economy. These include the director of the MPI,

Gerd Faltings Gerd Faltings (; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. Education From 1972 to 1978, Faltings studied mathematics and physics at the University of Münster. In 1978 he received his PhD in mathema ...

, who was awarded the

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in 1986, and

Peter Scholze Peter Scholze (; born 11 December 1987) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He has been a professor at the University of Bonn since 2012 and director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 2018. He ha ...

, who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2018. The Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (HIM), the Bonn International Graduate School in Mathematics (BIGS), and the Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics are part of the Hausdorff Center: * The ''Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (HIM)'' organizes international long-term programs and fosters cooperations between German mathematicians and internationally renowned scientists in mathematics and mathematical economics. It also runs specific programs for young scientists. Director of the HIM is Christoph Thiele. * The ''Bonn International Graduate School in Mathematics (BIGS)'' supports the scientific development of PhD students. Director of the BIGS is Barbara Niethammer. * The ''Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics'' is a training program for postdoctoral researchers based in Germany and worldwide. It fosters the systematic qualification of young scientists.Website of the Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics
retrieved 2017-10-24. Director is Patrik Ferrari.

References

External links

Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Official Website

Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics

Bonn International Graduate School for Mathematics
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