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The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) is a programme-oriented research institute for mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna. Since its opening in 1993 it has been the mission of the ESI to advance research in mathematics and physics through fruitful interaction between scientists from these disciplines. [more]

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News

Erwin Schrödinger Lecture by Martina Krämer (U of Mainz), May 7, CANCELLED

Published on April 30, 2024

The ESI Medal 2024 goes to Piotr T. Chruściel

Published on April 28, 2024

Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2025

Published on April 26, 2024

Workshops at the ESI in 2024

Published on Jan. 30, 2024

Panel discussion in AI in Academia on Tuesday, November 28 @ 16:30

Published on Nov. 21, 2023

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Martina Krämer (U of Mainz): A guided tour through cirrus clouds March 17, 2024 — May 25, 2024 SRF Course

Nonlinear Waves and Relativity April 29, 2024 — June 21, 2024 Thematic Programme

Eduard Schesler (FernUniversität Hagen): Grothendieck pairs and Grigorchuk’s group May 1, 2024 — June 30, 2024 Junior Research Fellow

Mariem Magdy Ali Mohamed (U of London): The asymptotic structure of spacetimes May 1, 2024 — June 30, 2024 Junior Research Fellow

Victoria Sánchez Muñoz (U of Galway): The Bell- like inequalities for interference into quantum games May 1, 2024 — June 30, 2024 Junior Research Fellow

Research in Teams: Dynamical, geometric and analytic properties of random groups May 20, 2024 — June 19, 2024 Research in Teams

Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension May 21, 2024 — May 24, 2024 Workshop

One World Optimization Seminar in Vienna June 3, 2024 — June 7, 2024 Workshop

Kaushlendra Kumar (Queen Mary U of London): IKKT model & Gravity June 7, 2024 — June 25, 2024 Junior Research Fellow

Individual Visiting Scientists 2024 June 9, 2024 — June 15, 2024 Individual Scientists

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Upcoming Talks

May 21. 2024

Discrete approximations of metric measure spaces and nonlocal energies Nageswari Shanmugalingam (U of Cincinnati) May 21. 2024, 10:50 - 11:35 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

Stable self-similar blowup for the Keller-Segel model in three dimensions Irfan Glogić (U of Vienna) May 21. 2024, 11:15 - 12:15 Part of Nonlinear Waves and Relativity (Thematic Programme).

Trading linearity for ellipticity - a novel approach to global Lorentzian geometry Nicola Gigli (SISSA, Trieste) May 21. 2024, 11:40 - 12:25 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

Blow up dynamics for the 3D energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation Tobias Schmid (EPFL, Lausanne) May 21. 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Nonlinear Waves and Relativity (Thematic Programme).

Gromov-Hausdorff stability of tori under Ricci and integral scalar curvature bounds Shouhei Honda (Tohoku U) May 21. 2024, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

Homogenisation of discrete dynamical optimal trans- port Eva Kopfer (HCM, Bonn) May 21. 2024, 14:50 - 15:35 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

Rigidity of mass-preserving 1-Lipschitz maps from integral current spaces into Euclidean space Raquel Perales (CIMAT, Guanajuato) May 21. 2024, 16:10 - 16:55 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

May 22. 2024

The Bernstein problem in Sub-Riermannian Heisenberg groups: Origins and new developments Andrea Pinamonti (U of Trento) May 22. 2024, 09:00 - 09:45 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).

Title: The binormal flow and the desingularization of the Biot-Savart integral. Luis Vega (BCAM & UPV/EHU, Bilbao) May 22. 2024, 09:30 - 10:30 Part of Nonlinear Waves and Relativity (Thematic Programme).

Unified synthetic Ricci curvature lower bounds for Riemannian and sub-Riemannian structures Davide Barilari (UP) May 22. 2024, 10:20 - 11:05 Part of Synthetic Curvature Bounds for Non-Smooth Spaces: Beyond Finite Dimension (Workshop).