Department of Mathematical Sciences

Research & communication

VISIT FROM THE EU

Margrethe Vestager visits quantum researchers

Margrethe Vestager visited the department's quantum researchers in QMATH and Quantum for Life Center. The Vice-President of the European Commission wanted to understand why quantum software is an indispensable element i…

Psychology & Statistics

How long can a monkey multitask?

Statistics and psychology researchers from the University of Copenhagen have worked with Oxford University researchers on a small study to see what happens to nerve cells in monkey brains when monkeys are presented with…

Novo Nordisk supports research in mathematical biology

Mathematical tools and methods can lead to breakthroughs in medical research. That’s recognized in the Novo Nordisk Foundation, who is funding another research project at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Statistician behind research in narwhal’s clicks, calls and buzzing

Researchers from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources have received extremely detailed data about a group of narwhal’s sounds. Professor Susanne Ditlevsen from the Department of Mathematical Sciences performed…

QMATH in Science

Associate Professor Laura Mančinska from the QMATH Centre is part of an international team of researchers behind an article in Science.

HARALD BOHR LECTURE

Harald Bohr Lecture by Paul Embrechts

The Department of Mathematical Sciences is proud to announce Professor Paul Embrechts, ETH Zurich, as the next distinguished Harald Bohr lecturer. He will Tuesday 10 October 2017 give a lecture titled “The mathematics o…

book publishing

New book brings together Ib Skovgaards research

On Friday 16 June, Ib Skovgaard was celebrated with a symposium and a subsequent well-attended reception.

LEGO math on the cover of American magazine

“The LEGO Counting Problem” by professor Søren Eilers is the introductory article in the May issue of The American Mathematical Monthly.

DeLong lectures by UCPH mathematician

Associate Professor Magdalena Musat delivered the prestigious DeLong Lecture Series at University of Colorado, Boulder, 5-6 April 2016.

HARALD BOHR LECTURE

Harald Bohr Lecture by Gerd Faltings

The Department of Mathematical Sciences is proud to announce our next Harald Bohr Lecturer: Professor Gerd Faltings, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, will Thursday 29 October 2015 give a…

Culture Night 2015

Culture Night 2015: Strategies, scrabble and cello sonatas

Once more MATH organizes a Gaming Cafe at Culture Night (9 October) in the Botanical Gardens. We are also hosting the German math professor Matthias Kreck and his lecture/concert "M3: Music, Math & Malerei".

Researchers and businesses focus on exchange rate stability

In collaboration with Global Currency Union, a private entrepreneurial company, MATH hosts a conference on exchange rate stability, Thursday 25 June 2015.

Young Scientists

Pascal's triangle and 100 caramels

Three first-year mathematics students chose to follow a second-year course - and submit the course mandatory project for the talent competition Young Scientists. It gave them a first prize, a trip to China and much…

School-children learned how to gamble

The Festival of Research, 24 and 25 April 2014, was a success across the country. At the City Hall Square in Copenhagen the Department of Mathematical Sciences were present with a "Gaming Café". Ten school classes and…

MATH Colloquium

Revival of the Department Colloquium

The great tradition of the Department Colloquium is resuming. It is meant to bring together faculty, postdocs and graduate students (PhD and Master Students) from all research areas represented in the department, both…