Entrance to the Mathematics Institute

Model of a Boy's surface at the entrance

The Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach (German: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach) in Oberwolfach, Germany, was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944. It organizes weekly seminars with diverse topics where mathematicians and scientists from all over the world come to do collaborative research.

[edit] Directors

• 1944–1958, Wilhelm Süss
• 1958–1959, Hellmuth Kneser
• 1959–1963, Theodor Schneider
• 1963–1994, Martin Barner
• 1994–2002, Matthias Kreck
• 2002– Gert-Martin Greuel

[edit] Oberwolfach Prize

The Oberwolfach Prize is awarded approximately every three years for excellent achievements in changing fields of mathematics to young European mathematicians not older than 35 years. It is financed by the Oberwolfach Foundation and awarded in cooperation with the institute.

Prize winners

• 1991 Peter Kronheimer
• 1993 Jörg Brüdern and Jens Franke
• 1996 Gero Friesecke and Stefan Sauter
• 1998 Alice Guionnet
• 2000 Luca Trevisan
• 2003 Paul Biran
• 2007 Ngô Bao Châu

[edit] External links

• Home page of the institute
• Article about the institute by Allyn Jackson in the American Mathematical Society magazine
• Web page about the Oberwolfach Prize

Coordinates: 48°20′44″N 8°14′07″E / 48.34556°N 8.23528°E / 48.34556; 8.23528

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