From Saturday, 21 December 2024 until Sunday, 5 January 2025 MFO will be closed for Christmas holidays. Kindly note, that due to a public holiday on Monday, 6 January, our administration staff is out of office until Tuesday, 7 January 2025.
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Ph.D. students and postdocs are invited to apply for the Oberwolfach Seminars in 2025. The seminars are organized by leading experts in the field, and address to promising early career researchers from all over the world. The aim is to introduce the participants to a particular interesting development.
The snapshot of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach by Sarah-Tanja Hess, Angélica Torres and Mirte van der Eyden describes how concepts from metric algebraic geometry can help in planning a weekend trip to the Black Forest.
The main article presents the exciting history of the four-color theorem. It was the first major theorem in pure mathematics whose proof relied on a computer. Its development, the reactions it generated, and its long-term impact highlight the increasing relevance of research data in modern mathematics.
The book written by Albert Ai, Thomas Alazard, Mihaela Ifrim, and Daniel Tataru presents the lecture notes from the corresponding Oberwolfach Seminar given in fall 2022 at the MFO.
The newsletter will inform you on the latest news and activities of the MFO, in particular with regard to open calls and upcoming scientific events at the Institute.
The Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO), Germany and the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Japan invite proposals for a Tandem-Workshop taking place simultaneously in a hybrid format at MFO and RIMS in the week 17-21 February 2025.
The MFO remembers James Harris Simons who passed away on May 10, 2024, as a generous supporter of mathematics, including the MFO.
Rock-paper-scissors, or pen-paper-compass ... What (else) does a researcher need? In the spring issue of the MaRDI Newsletter, you may follow the evolution of scientific tools that have changed the practice of research.
The MFO once again received an excellent rating by the Senate of the Leibniz Association in the regular evaluation process. In its statement of March 19, 2024, the Senate recommends to continue the joint funding of the institute by the federal and state governments.
"How can we fairly divide a necklace with various types of beads? We use this problem as a motivating example to explain how geometry naturally appears in solutions of non-geometric problems. The strategy we develop to solve this problem has been used in several other contexts." Read more in the snapshot "The Geometry of Fair Division" by Florian Frick...
The book written by Paul Breiding, Kathlén Kohn and Bernd Sturmfels presents the lecture notes from the corresponding Oberwolfach Seminar given in summer 2023 at the MFO.
The Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO), Germany, and the Australian Mathematical Research Institute MATRIX invite proposals for a tandem workshop taking place simultaneously in a hybrid format at MATRIX and MFO in the week of 21-26 September 2025.
To celebrate this year's Love Data Week (February 12-16) the MaRDI consortium created the game "Data Love Quest".
The newsletter will inform you on the latest news and activities of the MFO, in particular with regard to open calls and upcoming scientific events at the Institute.
Ten years ago the MFO published the first “Snapshot of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach”. Since then, almost 130 articles from various fields of mathematics have been added and more are to follow. We would like to thank all authors and editors who contributed to the series and helped to make mathematical research more accessible to an interested public!
Snapshot No. 5/2023: "Cutoff Phenomenon: Surprising Behaviour in Card Shuffling and other Markov Chains" by Isabelle Baraquin, Nadia Lafrenière and Katharina Schuh
Early career researchers in mathematics and computer science from all over the world can apply for one of the 200 exclusive spots to participate in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), an annual networking conference. The 11th HLF will take place from September 22 to 27, 2024.
The MFO's annual report for 2022 is now available online.
In its recent annual meeting the "Verein zur Förderung des Mathematischen Forschungsinstituts Oberwolfach" (Förderverein, Friends of Oberwolfach) has elected Hannah Markwig (Tübingen University) as the new head of the association. We are very grateful for her engagement in the support of the MFO! We would also like to thank her predecessor in this position, Ursula Gather, for her many years of commitment.