Areas of work

Numerical solution of partial differential equations and integral equations, multi-grid methods, and boundary element methods
Director: Wolfgang Hackbusch
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 69-750

Complex systems and their mathematical analysis, in particular in neurobiology and cognition, biology, and economic and social systems
Geometric methods, nonlinear analysis, Riemannian and Kähler geometry, calculus of variations, theoretical physics
Information theory, dynamical systems, network analysis
Philosophy and history of science
Director: Jürgen Jost
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-550

Pattern formation, energy landscapes, and scaling laws
Director: Felix Otto
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-950

Former Director

Mathematical foundations of materials science, microstructures, micromagnatism, continuum mechanics, singular perturbations, non-linear partial differential equations and the calculus of variations
Director: Stefan Müller
Now at Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)

Retired director

Non-linear partial differential equations, non-linear functional analysis, classical and modern mathematical physics, selected questions of mathematical chemistry and mathematical biology
Director: Eberhard Zeidler
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-616

Max Planck Research Group

Information Theory of Cognitive Systems
Group manager: Nihat Ay
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-547

Numerical Methods for Time Domain Acoustics and Electromagnetics
Group manager: Lehel Banjai
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-754

Random spatial processes
Group manager: Artem Sapozhnikov
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-954

Geometric Measure Theory and Applications
Group manager: Emanuele Spadaro
Telephone: +49 (0) 341 99 59-953