Berlin Mathematics Research Center

MATH+, the Berlin Mathematics Research Center, is a cross-institutional and interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence. It sets out to explore and further develop new approaches in application-oriented mathematics. Emphasis is placed on mathematical principles for using ever larger amounts of data in life and material sciences, in energy and network research, and in the humanities and social sciences.

MATH+ is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy (EXC-2046/1, project ID 390685689) for a first period of seven years since January 2019. It is a joint project of the three major universities in Berlin – Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin – as well as the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) and the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). MATH+ continues the success stories of the renowned Research Center Matheon and the Excellence-Graduate School Berlin Mathematical School (BMS).

News

Mathe, Energie und viel Begeisterung: Große Preisverleihung der Mathe-Adventskalender

28.01.2026

650 Gewinner*innen der Mathe-Adventskalender von Mathe-im-Advent und MATH+ wurden am 23.01.2026 an der Freien Universität Berlin gefeiert. Vom 1.–24. Dezember lösten sie täglich mathematische Rätselaufgaben rund um das Thema „Energie der Zukunft“. Über 190.000 Teilnehmende aus ca. 70 Ländern und 8.000 Schulen beteiligten sich an den beiden Adventskalendern.

MATH+ Scientists on the Containment of the Mpox Epidemic in Berlin

15.01.2026

MATH+ scientists analyzed the 2022 mpox outbreak. At its peak in Berlin, over 200 new weekly cases were reported, mainly among men who have sex with men (MSM). Using mathematical simulations, the team examined contact patterns, behavior changes, immunity and vaccination that shaped the outbreak. The study was published in Communications Medicine.

MATH+ Day 2025 with General Assembly, Research Pitches, and Poster Session

08.12.2025

On 17 November 2025, more than 120 MATH+ members gathered at Urania Berlin for the sixth MATH+ Day. The annual event—featuring the General Assembly, elevator pitches, and a poster session—provided a unique opportunity to share ideas, showcase projects, and network across the MATH+ community.

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Events

30 January – Alexei Skorobogatov: Rational points on surfaces

26.01.2026

In this talk, Alexei Skorobogatov will survey the local-to-global principle for rational points, also known as the Hasse principle, with a focus on surfaces. He is Professor of Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London and works in arithmetic geometry, in particular on rational points and Brauer groups.

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23 January – Frustration (in) Research (Fireside Talk)

21.01.2026

Mathematical research is thrilling and beautiful—but also sometimes frustrating and overwhelming. Is getting stuck normal? Does everyone else really make constant progress? Join a candid talk with Gavril Farkas, Andrea Walther, and Alexandra Wesolek on coping with dead ends, setbacks, and the long, often lonely road in mathematical research.

12 December – Barbara Niethammer: The classical coagulation equation: gelation, self-similarity and oscillations (Kovalevskaya Colloquium)

09.12.2025

In the last Kovalevskaya colloquium of 2025, Niethammer will give an overview of the basic properties of coagulation equations, explain some of the main challenges in its analysis and report on recent progress Barbara Niethammer is Professor at the Institute for Applied Mathematics at the University of Bonn.

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