70 search results for “mathematics” in the Public website
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Pim Overgaauw: ‘As Institute Manager, you are the spider in the web’
Pim Overgaauw is at his best when he can support others. His new position as Institute Manager of the Mathematical Institute is therefore a perfect fit. ‘My main goal is to ensure that our mathematicians can focus on the maths.’
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Richard Gill
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gill@math.leidenuniv.nl |
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Jacq Meulman
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j.j.meulman@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Stevenhagen
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psh@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7125
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Rob Tijdeman
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tijdeman@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4831
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Vivi Rottschäfer
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vivi@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7113
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Sander Hille
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shille@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7109
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Modular forms of weight one over finite fields
Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven
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This is how didactic Peter Kop encourages high school students to make friends with algebraic formulas
For many high school students, mathematical formulas are nothing more than abracadabra. Didactic and mathematics teacher Peter Kop wants to change this. For his PhD research, he devised a new series of lessons full of drawing assignments that learn students to assign more meaning to the formulas. Kop:…
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How quantum mechanics threatens our digital lives – and makes them safer
Much of the work of Serge Fehr, Professor of Quantum Information Theory, is abstract and theoretical and comprehensible to very few people. But his work helps make the digital world safer so that in future our internet banking will still be problem free, for instance. He will explain more in his inaugural…
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Young mathematicians uphold Leiden's honour at international programming contest
Three young MI students have upheld Leiden's honour in the finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). PhD candidate Ludo Pulles and Master's student Reinier Schmiermann travelled to Russia and came 15th out of 117 teams. PhD candidate Pim Spelier participated in the online contest…
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Leiden hosts seventh Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference
Next April, Leiden will host the seventh annual international Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference (SAfJR2018). This three-day event is aimed at career-young statisticians with an interest in the application and development of time-to-event analysis and related topics. The conference…
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New statistical method brings together studies at an early stage
During the coronavirus pandemic, scientists were in a hurry to find drugs that would help fight the disease. To combine the research that was being carried out around the world, PhD candidate Judith ter Schure developed a new statistical method: ALL-IN meta-analysis. This helps determine sooner whether…
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Roeland Merks
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merksrmh@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7106
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Xingni Jiang
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x.jiang@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5265
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Math girls receive Mr. K.J. Cath prize
Math girls Jeanine Daems and Ionica Smeets have received the Mr. K.J. Cath prize during the opening of the academic year in Leiden.
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Dirk van der Hoeven
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d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7146
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Rational points and new dimensions
How can you solve equations that define not ‘just’ curves, but also two-dimension surfaces or even higher-dimensional objects? That’s the big question that mathematician Martin Bright and his team will be trying to answer. They’ve received a NWO Science-XL grant of 2.8 million euros.
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The Need for Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
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