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Events
Special Colloquium Day in honor of Felix Otto's 60th birthday

Black text on a green, yellow, orange gradient: ‘Conference – Special Colloquium in Honor of Felix Otto's 60th Birthday’

Universität Leipzig

Felix-Klein-Hörsaal

conference

13.05.26

Special Colloquium Day in honor of Felix Otto's 60th birthday

conference

13.05.26

Special Colloquium Day in honor of Felix Otto's 60th birthday

This afternoon is dedicated to Felix Otto on occasion of his 60th birthday. We will celebrate Felix Otto's birthday with colloquium talks by Stephan Luckhaus (Leipzig University) and Stefan Müller (University of Bonn).

Speakers

Stephan Luckhaus

Leipzig University

Stefan Müller

University of Bonn

Program

15:30 - 15:50	Welcome Address
15:50 - 16:00	Music
16:00 - 16:45	Stephan Luckhaus On rectifiability I report on ongoing work with E. Spadaro on suspensions of currents. This is a method changing questions for currents of arbitrary codimension to those for BV functions. Rectifiability is an example. I will explain the concept and the results we got so far.
16:45 - 17:30	Stefan Müller to be announced
17:30 - 17:40	Music

Organizers

László Székelyhidi

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Administrative Contact

Katharina Matschke

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Contact via Mail

Poster with the title: “Special Colloquium in Honor of Felix Otto's 60th Birthday,” with a portrait of Felix Otto and further information about the event: “May 13, 2026 // 3:30 PM, Felix Klein Lecture Hall, Leipzig University, Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig” (Speakers: Stephan Luckhaus and Stefan Müller)