Welcome to the ESI

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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Current and Upcoming Activities

Abhiram M. Kidambi (U Tokyo): Novel mathematical structures in 3d quantum gravity Sept. 14, 2023 — Dec. 14, 2023 Junior Research Fellow
Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future Dec. 4, 2023 — Dec. 7, 2023 Workshop
New perspective on Shape and Topology Optimization Dec. 11, 2023 — Dec. 15, 2023 Workshop
Tanushree Shah (U of Glasgow): Low-dimensional Topology Specifically contact Topology Feb. 1, 2024 — April 30, 2024 Junior Research Fellow
Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Feb. 12, 2024 — Feb. 16, 2024 Workshop
Chromatin Modeling: Integrating Mathematics, Physics, and Computation for Advances in Biology and Medicine March 4, 2024 — March 15, 2024 Workshop
Rare Events in Dynamical Systems March 18, 2024 — March 22, 2024 Workshop
Carrollian Physics and Holography April 1, 2024 — April 26, 2024 Thematic Programme
Irene Fonseca (Carnegie Mellon U): Γ-Convergence and Phase transitions of Heterogeneous Materials April 7, 2024 — April 28, 2024 SRF Course
Nonlinear Waves and Relativity April 29, 2024 — June 21, 2024 Thematic Programme

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Upcoming Talks

Dec 05. 2023

Modified Lagrangians for General Relativity Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette) Dec 05. 2023, 09:00 - 09:55 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
Existence of Einstein metrics with prescribed boundary data Lan-Hsuan Huang (UConn) Dec 05. 2023, 10:20 - 11:15 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
The Null Gluing Problem in General Relativity Stefan Czimek (U Leipzig) Dec 05. 2023, 11:20 - 12:15 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
On the classification problem for static metrics with positive cosmological constant Lorenzo Mazzieri (University of Trento) Dec 05. 2023, 14:00 - 14:55 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
Which manifolds are positively curved? Sven Hirsch (IAS, Princeton) Dec 05. 2023, 15:00 - 15:55 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
xAct Tensor Computation: A Thousand Projects Jose Martin-Garcia (Wolfram Research) Dec 05. 2023, 16:20 - 16:50 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).

Dec 06. 2023

Initial data sets that do not satisfy the Regge–Teitelboim conditions Melanie Graf (U Hamburg) Dec 06. 2023, 09:00 - 09:55 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
Global stability of Kaluza-Klein spacetimes Zoe Wyatt (U Cambridge) Dec 06. 2023, 10:20 - 11:15 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).
A quiescent regime for big bang formation Hans Ringström (KTH Stockholm) Dec 06. 2023, 11:20 - 12:15 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).

Dec 07. 2023

Gluing black holes along timelike geodesics Peter Hintz (ETH Zurich) Dec 07. 2023, 09:00 - 09:55 Part of Mathematical Relativity: Past, Present, Future (Workshop).