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The latest news related to the SFB Transregio 109
Stripe patterns
- Date: 20.08.2015, 08:33
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A crossbreed between a cactus and the Stanford bunny made it's way to the cover page of the acm Transactions on Graphics. It comes from the paper Stripe Patterns on Surfaces , written by U. Pinkall, P. Schröder, K. Crane, and F. Knöppel.
Conform! Winner of Berlin Short Film Festival 2015
- Date: 10.07.2015, 09:53
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How can you make good flat maps of the round earth?' Our story begins with Mercator's world map of 1569, the first angle-preserving (or 'conformal') world map. His idea fell on fruitful soil, from which a new branch of mathematics has developed. The movie shows some of the highlights of this development, yielding a series of elegant visual forms which arise as 'conformal maps' on a variety of surfaces in 2- and 3-D. Featuring non-technical language, a simple aesthetic, compelling animation, and an original score, the movie builds an accessible bridge from everyday experience to a beautiful but little-known mathematical theory that continues to bear technological fruit today in fields such as computer graphics and architecture.
Stick Bombs
- Date: 26.06.2015, 12:27
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As a teaser for the "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften" in the mathematics department at the TU Munich, Jürgen Richter-Gebert and his team show how to build "bombs" from wooden sticks, which surprisingly contain lots of mathematics.
In Gedenken an John Nash
- Date: 26.05.2015, 13:28
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Der SFB/Transregio 109 trauert um John Forbes Nash Jr. und seine Frau Alicia.
At the Abel prize ceremony short films about John Nash and Louis Nirenberg, produced by E. Eremenko in cooperation with the SFB TRR 109, were shown.
- Date: 21.05.2015, 08:24
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John F. Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg received the 2015 Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald V at the award ceremony in Oslo on 19 May. The two American mathematicians receive the prize "for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis."
DGD in the Momath
- Date: 06.05.2015, 12:37
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Jürgen Richter-Gebert (A03, B01, C01, CaP ) will be talking about symmetries, ornaments and computers in the National Museum of Mathematics (Momath) in June.
Article on Maths and Architecture in Bild der Wissenschaft
- Date: 19.03.2015, 12:52
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Bild der Wissenschaft, one of the largest popular magazines on science, has in its issue from April 2015 a large article on mathematics and modern architecture.
Bernd Sturmfels Einstein Visiting Fellow
- Date: 03.02.2015, 05:49
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The Einstein Foundation Berlin granted the SFB/Transregio 109 funding for a fellowship. The Einstein Visiting Fellow will be Prof. Dr. Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley.
Article in Berliner Zeitung and Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
- Date: 15.01.2015, 14:13
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Gesine Wiemer wrote two nice articles on the beauty of mathematics for the Berliner Zeitung and Kölner Stadtanzeiger; the articles date from 27.12. 2014 (Berliner Zeitung) and 9.1.2015 (Kölner Stadtanzeiger).
Doctoral Program "Discrete Mathematics"
- Date: 13.01.2015, 14:15
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The Doctoral Program "Discrete Mathematics" (in its second phase
2015-2018) offers up to 22 PhD positions for an advanced PhD training
and research program.
Günter Ziegler on Guardian Blog
- Date: 03.12.2014, 07:43
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500 years ago the artist Albrecht Dürer created one of his most famous copper engraving -- the Melencolia I.
Poster award for Faniry Razafindrazaka
- Date: 02.12.2014, 16:01
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Faniry Razafindrazaka was awarded 1st poster prize at Curves & Surfaces 2014 in Paris. Congratulations!
Training of Teachers in Munich
- Date: 02.12.2014, 14:54
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A day full of dynamics: 19 teachers learned to use mathematical software from the DGD to discover how patterns can emerge from dynamic processes. The workshop was organized by Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Gero Friesecke, and Massimo Fornasier of the TU Munich.
Smoke Rings in Berliner Zeitung
- Date: 02.12.2014, 13:47
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Center for Geometry and Computational Design
- Date: 14.11.2014, 19:32
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At the TU Vienna, the newly founded "Center for Geometry and Computational Design" (GCD) was opened on Friday, 14 November 2014. It's mission is the development of new geometrical tools for technological needs. The center is directed by Helmut Pottmann, who is also active in project A08 at DGD, so we look forward to a close cooperation between the GCD and DGD.
