The classical isoperimetric inequality in Euclidean space Rⁿ states that among all sets of prescribed volume, the Euclidean ball (uniquely) minimizes surface area, explaining why a single soap bubble is always a round sphere. One may similarly consider isoperimetric problems in more general spaces, such
The Hungarian discrete mathematician László Lovász, renowned for his groundbreaking work in graph theory, combinatorics, and computer science, is a former president of the International Mathematical Union and a recipient of both the Wolf Prize and the Abel Prize. In his talk, he will explain
Quiz-Fans und Science-Enthusiast*innen aufgepasst! Auch 2026 laden die Berliner Exzellenzcluster wieder zum „Exzellenten Pub Quiz“ bei der „Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften“ ein – mit spannenden, lustigen und überraschenden Fragen aus ihren vielfältigen Forschungsbereichen. Stellt ein Team (2–4 Personen) mit kreativem Teamnamen zusammen, diskutiert und rätselt
In this talk (Kovalevskaya Colloquium), Victoria Hoskins will introduce moduli of representations of quivers and outline some connections with representation theory, before explaining recent progress for quivers with multiplicities and highlighting various interesting open problems. This is based on joint work with E. Hamilton, J.
The Crelle journal, founded in 1826, has been closely linked to the University of Berlin and the Berlin Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The conference will focus on recent development of prominent moduli spaces in mathematics, starting from moduli space of curves, introduced by Bernhard
In this talk, Hermiller will discuss three conjectures, each aimed at simplifying the task of computing unknotting numbers. She will describe how her resolution of one of these conjectures several years ago, in joint work with Mark Brittenham, led them recently to resolve another –
In this talk, we focus on understanding the problem of ranking from both an informational perspective – characterising the fundamental statistical thresholds for optimal estimation – and a computational one – characterising the fundamental limits of computationally efficient estimation. A core question for these problems
Die Freie Universität Berlin lädt am 25. April zum 29. Tag der Berliner Mathematik ein. Schüler*innen, Lehrer*innen und alle an Zahlen interessierte Bürger*innen können dort in die Welt der Mathematik eintauchen.
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
In der Vortragsreihe MATHINSIDE geben Wissenschaftler*innen des Exzellenzclusters MATH+ spannende Einblicke in ihre Forschungsarbeit und in die Anwendungsgebiete der Mathematik. Das Vortragsprogramm eignet sich hervorragend als Ausflugsziel für Schulklassen und -kurse ab Klassenstufe 10.