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Heinz Hopf Prize for Richard Schoen
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The Department of Mathematics has awarded the 2017 Heinz Hopf Prize to the American mathematician Richard Schoen.
Siddhartha Mishra: 2018 ICM invited speaker
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Siddhartha Mishra will be an invited speaker at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Rio de Janeiro.
Kangaroo meeting in Lucerne
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Evaluating more than 1000 mathematical problems in 4 days - that was one of the main tasks of the annual country delegates’ meeting of the Association Kangourou sans Frontières (AKSF) from 11 to 15 October in Lucerne.
Paloma Bengoechea: SNF Ambizione Grant
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Paloma Bengoechea has received a Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the project entitled: "Modular forms and diophantine approximation".
Die Mathematik-Welt vereint in Luzern
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170 Mathe-Lehrer aus verschiedenen Ländern haben sich an der Kanti Luzern getroffen. Ihr Ziel: mit einem Wettbewerb das Interesse am eher unbeliebten Schulfach wecken.