Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics
Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics

Welcome to the website of the Korteweg-de Vries Institute (KdVI)

The Korteweg-de Vries Institute is the mathematical research institute of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. As our mission statement indicates, our research covers many branches of mathematics, ranging from the very pure to the applicable. The first professor in mathematics at our university, Diederik Johannes Korteweg, and his PhD student Gustav de Vries lend their names to our institute. Together they studied the differential equation that now carries their name. As it plays a very important role in present day mathematical physics, the name of our institute also reflects how much we value the cross-fertilization between mathematics and other disciplines.

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For events after Thursday 3 December 2009, please see the News and Events section


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  • Job opening for two PhD students in Mathematics

    The KdVI currently has an opening for two PhD students in Mathematics (1.0 FTE). Start date: At the earliest convenience.

    Project (1): Adaptive wavelet methods for operator equations: Tensor product approximations. The project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The research will be carried out in collaboration with the research groups of the professors Schwab (ETH, Zürich) and Dahlke (Universität Marburg).

    Project (2): Geometry, homotopy algebra, and combinatorics of the moduli space of curves. The project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

    For more information,
    1) see http://www.science.uva.nl/math/NewsandEvents/newsitem.php?id=1255434423 or contact Prof. dr. Rob Stevenson, email: R.P.Stevenson at uva.nl,
    2) see http://www.science.uva.nl/math/NewsandEvents/newsitem.php?id=1255681052 or contact Dr. Sergey Shadrin, email: S.Shadrin at uva.nl.

*    Upcoming KdVI Events

  • (New) 23 November 2009, Master's defense, Jacobien Carstens
    Title: T-duality, an isomorphism of twisted K-theory
    Date and time: Monday 23 November 2009, 17.00
    Location: Room A1.06, Science Park 904, Amsterdam
    Supervisors: Prof. dr. D. Notbohm, Dr. C. Westerland

  • (New) 24 November 2009, Master's defense, Dahai Zhou
    Title: On matroids representable over several distinct finite fields
    Date and time: Tuesday 24 November 2009, 10.00
    Location: Room A1.08, Science Park 904, Amsterdam
    Supervisors: Dr. D. Gijswijt, Dr. R.A. Pendavingh

  • (New) 25 November 2009, General Mathematics Colloquium, Rob de Jeu (VU)
    Speaker: Rob de Jeu (VU)
    Title: What is known about K_2 of curves?
    Date and time: Wednesday 25 November 2009, 11.15-12.15
    Location: Room A1.04, Science Park 904, Amsterdam

    The General Mathematics Colloquium homepage can be found at http://www.science.uva.nl/research/math/Calendar/colloq/ For more information, please contact Jochen Heinloth (j.heinloth at uva.nl), Bas Kleijn (b.kleijn at uva.nl) or Peter Spreij (p.j.c.spreij at uva.nl)

  • (New) 1 December 2009, PhD defense, Drs. Fernando de Oliveira Filho
    Title: New Bounds for Geometric Packing and Coloring via Harmonic Analysis and Optimization
    Date and time: Tuesday 1 December 2009, 10:00 hours
    Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
    Promotores: Prof.dr. A. Schrijver, CWI/UvA
    Copromotores: dr. F. Vallentin, TU Delft

    For more information, see http://www.uva.nl/actueel/agenda.cfm/0CF2B54B-1321-B0BE-A4A48C513A2709FE

  • (New) 1 December 2009, Dr. Jan Pieter van der Schaar
    Title: The Fate of the Quantum Universe
    Date and time: Tuesday 1 December 2009, 19:30-22:00 hours
    Location: Nederlands Uitvaart Museum, Kruislaan 124, Amsterdam

    To celebrate the exhibition 'Contemplations on the Ambiguous Nature of the End' by Tania Theodorou (GR), Nederlands Uitvaart Museum presents a lecture and guided tour. Jan Pieter van der Schaar will shed new light on the exhibition.

    For more information, see http://staff.science.uva.nl/~jpschaar/Tot_Zover_Invitation.pdf

  • (New) 3 December 2009, General Mathematics Colloquium, Christoph Schwab ( ETH Zürich)
    Speaker: Christoph Schwab ( ETH Zürich)
    Title: Finite Element Methods for PDEs with Stochastic Coefficients
    Date and time: THURSDAY 3 December 2009, 15:00 - 16:00
    Location: Room A1.06, Science Park 904, Amsterdam

    Note the odd day, hour and lecture room!!!

    The General Mathematics Colloquium homepage can be found at http://www.science.uva.nl/research/math/Calendar/colloq/ For more information, please contact Jochen Heinloth (j.heinloth at uva.nl), Bas Kleijn (b.kleijn at uva.nl) or Peter Spreij (p.j.c.spreij at uva.nl)


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