The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research is an international research institute for mathematics based at the
University of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
, type ...
. It is named after the distinguished number theorist
Hans Heilbronn
Hans Arnold Heilbronn (8 October 1908 – 28 April 1975) was a mathematician.
Education
He was born into a German-Jewish family. He was a student at the universities of Berlin, Freiburg and Göttingen, where he met Edmund Landau, who supervised ...
who worked at Bristol University from 1934–1935 and 1946–1964. The Institute was founded in 2005 and is run as a partnership between the UK
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and the UK academic mathematics community. It has facilities in Bristol, London, and Manchester. The current Chair of the Institute is
Geoffrey Grimmett
Geoffrey Richard Grimmett (born 20 December 1950) is a mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory and the contact process. He is ...
FRS.
The Institute has headquarters in the
Fry Building
The Fry Building of the University of Bristol is a Grade II listed building built in 1909 by Sir George Oatley.
In September 2019, staff and postgraduate students moved into the refurbished building ahead of the start of term.
History
The buil ...
of Bristol University, to which it moved in September 2019 together with the School of Mathematics of the University.
References
External links
Institute website
Research institutes established in 2005
Mathematical institutes
Research institutes in Bristol
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