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László Székelyhidi Receives Leibniz Prize 2018
Published Dec 15, 2017
László Székelyhidi, professor for mathematics at Leipzig University and External Scientific Member of the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences will be recognised with the Leibniz Prize 2018 for his outstanding research on the theory of partial differential equations.
The Leibniz Prize is the most significant research prize in Germany. Established in 1985, the Leibniz Prize is endowed with 2.5 million Euro. The prize ceremony will be on March 19, 2018 in Berlin.
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How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical concepts? This question is at the heart of recent work by Claudia Fevola and Anna-Laura Sattelberger, published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
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Beyond Words: The Cognitive Force of Metaphor Beyond Words: The Cognitive Force of Metaphor
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