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  • Cover image of Periodic table of shapes could uncover the structure of the universe

    Periodic table of shapes could uncover the structure of the universe

    Hailed as one of the most significant achievements in the field of science, the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019. Not only has it revolutionised the way that scientists understand the basis…
    Hailed as one of the most significant achievements in the field of science, the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019. Not only has…
    Hailed as one of the most significant achievements in the field of science, the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is celebrating its…
    Hailed as one of the most significant achievements in the field of science, the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019…
    Hailed as one of the most significant achievements in the field of science, the Mendeleev Periodic Table of Chemical…
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    Classifying von Neumann algebras

    Group theory, functional analysis and ergodic theory – three distinct areas of mathematics that meet within the theory of von Neumann algebras. The RIGIDITY project, funded by the ERC, aims to classify families of von Neumann algebras.
    Group theory, functional analysis and ergodic theory – three distinct areas of mathematics that meet within the theory of von Neumann algebras. The RIGIDITY project, funded by the ERC,…
    Group theory, functional analysis and ergodic theory – three distinct areas of mathematics that meet within the theory of von Neumann algebras. The…
    Group theory, functional analysis and ergodic theory – three distinct areas of mathematics that meet within the theory of von Neumann algebras. The RIGIDITY project, funded…
    Group theory, functional analysis and ergodic theory – three distinct areas of mathematics that meet within the theory of…
  • Cover image of New tools to understand the large-scale behaviour of complex systems

    New tools to understand the large-scale behaviour of complex systems

    Understanding complex structures means separating irrelevant information to get to something simpler and easier to understand. When you look at something from a distance – although you don’t see all the details, you can still describe what you see…
    Understanding complex structures means separating irrelevant information to get to something simpler and easier to understand. When you look at something from a distance – although you…
    Understanding complex structures means separating irrelevant information to get to something simpler and easier to understand. When you look at…
    Understanding complex structures means separating irrelevant information to get to something simpler and easier to understand. When you look at something from a distance –…
    Understanding complex structures means separating irrelevant information to get to something simpler and easier to…
  • Cover image of Statistical inference for random functions and measures

    Statistical inference for random functions and measures

    How does one infer the dynamics of a DNA minicircle in solution? How does one align the neuronal firing patterns of several neurons across individuals? These questions are intrinsically statistical, but nevertheless escape the traditional tools of…
    How does one infer the dynamics of a DNA minicircle in solution? How does one align the neuronal firing patterns of several neurons across individuals? These questions are…
    How does one infer the dynamics of a DNA minicircle in solution? How does one align the neuronal firing patterns of several neurons across…
    How does one infer the dynamics of a DNA minicircle in solution? How does one align the neuronal firing patterns of several neurons across individuals? These questions are…
    How does one infer the dynamics of a DNA minicircle in solution? How does one align the neuronal firing patterns of several…
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    New approaches to controlling dynamics

    Once limited to modelling physical problems in engineering, today Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are used by a diverse array of fields, from natural resources to meteorology, aeronautics, oil and gas and biomedicine – to name only a few. But…
    Once limited to modelling physical problems in engineering, today Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are used by a diverse array of fields, from natural resources to meteorology,…
    Once limited to modelling physical problems in engineering, today Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are used by a diverse array of fields, from…
    Once limited to modelling physical problems in engineering, today Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are used by a diverse array of fields, from natural resources to…
    Once limited to modelling physical problems in engineering, today Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are used by a…
  • Cover image of Understanding the deformation spaces of geometric structures

    Understanding the deformation spaces of geometric structures

    Funded by the ERC, Prof. Anna Wienhard studies several new geometric forms that have been discovered over the past 20 years. These structures are closely related to the generalisation of Teichmüller space, which describes how the surface of a…
    Funded by the ERC, Prof. Anna Wienhard studies several new geometric forms that have been discovered over the past 20 years. These structures are closely related to the generalisation…
    Funded by the ERC, Prof. Anna Wienhard studies several new geometric forms that have been discovered over the past 20 years. These structures are…
    Funded by the ERC, Prof. Anna Wienhard studies several new geometric forms that have been discovered over the past 20 years. These structures are closely related to the…
    Funded by the ERC, Prof. Anna Wienhard studies several new geometric forms that have been discovered over the past 20 years…
  • Cover image of Unravelling the mysteries of homogeneous dynamics

    Unravelling the mysteries of homogeneous dynamics

    How do you study arithmetic objects like integer points using the theory of dynamical systems? The answer is homogenous dynamics, and this connection goes both ways. The GMODGAMMADYNAMICS project, funded by an ERC grant, took a broad approach…
    How do you study arithmetic objects like integer points using the theory of dynamical systems? The answer is homogenous dynamics, and this connection goes both ways. The…
    How do you study arithmetic objects like integer points using the theory of dynamical systems? The answer is homogenous dynamics, and this connection…
    How do you study arithmetic objects like integer points using the theory of dynamical systems? The answer is homogenous dynamics, and this connection goes both ways. The…
    How do you study arithmetic objects like integer points using the theory of dynamical systems? The answer is homogenous…
  • Cover image of Getting to grips with (slow) chaos

    Getting to grips with (slow) chaos

    Chaotic systems are everywhere: the weather, molecules in a gas, the stock market. Small variations in initial conditions can lead to a drastically different time evolution, a phenomenon known as the butterfly effect. Systems can be classified…
    Chaotic systems are everywhere: the weather, molecules in a gas, the stock market. Small variations in initial conditions can lead to a drastically different time evolution, a…
    Chaotic systems are everywhere: the weather, molecules in a gas, the stock market. Small variations in initial conditions can lead to a drastically…
    Chaotic systems are everywhere: the weather, molecules in a gas, the stock market. Small variations in initial conditions can lead to a drastically different time evolution,…
    Chaotic systems are everywhere: the weather, molecules in a gas, the stock market. Small variations in initial conditions…
  • Cover image of Interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medal Awardee and Brazilian ERC starting grant awardee

    Interview with Artur Avila, Fields Medal Awardee and Brazilian ERC starting grant awardee

    Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian leading mathematician and an ERC grantee since 2010. At the age of 16, he won the International Mathematical Olympic gold medal and before finishing high school, he received a scholarship for the Instituto Nacional…
    Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian leading mathematician and an ERC grantee since 2010. At the age of 16, he won the International Mathematical Olympic gold medal and before finishing…
    Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian leading mathematician and an ERC grantee since 2010. At the age of 16, he won the International Mathematical…
    Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian leading mathematician and an ERC grantee since 2010. At the age of 16, he won the International Mathematical Olympic gold medal and before…
    Artur Avila is a franco-brazilian leading mathematician and an ERC grantee since 2010. At the age of 16, he won the…
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  • Cover image of A contagious passion for pure mathematics

    A contagious passion for pure mathematics

    Prof. Ben Green is all about pure mathematics. Asked what is at the heart of modern society, he would probably insist on mankind’s capacity to solve problems and pass its knowledge on to new generations. The 37-year old mathematician can actually…
    Prof. Ben Green is all about pure mathematics. Asked what is at the heart of modern society, he would probably insist on mankind’s capacity to solve problems and pass its knowledge on…
    Prof. Ben Green is all about pure mathematics. Asked what is at the heart of modern society, he would probably insist on mankind’s capacity to solve…
    Prof. Ben Green is all about pure mathematics. Asked what is at the heart of modern society, he would probably insist on mankind’s capacity to solve problems and pass its…
    Prof. Ben Green is all about pure mathematics. Asked what is at the heart of modern society, he would probably insist on…