Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics

Amsterdam, Netherlands

FieldMathematics

Director

Eric Opdam

Parent organization

University of AmsterdamWebsitekdvi.uva.nl

The Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI) is the institute for mathematical research at the University of Amsterdam. The KdVI is located in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Science Park.^[1]

Robbert Dijkgraaf, Alexander Schrijver, Nicolai Reshetikhin, Jacob Korevaar, Miranda Cheng, Harry Buhrman and Jan van de Craats are notable researchers connected to the institute. The KdVI is an institutional member of the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society^[2] and the European Mathematical Society.^[3]

Research

Among the core research directions of the KdVI are:^[4]^[1]

Algebraic geometry, prof.dr. Lenny Taelman
Representation theory, Lie theory and algebraic groups, prof.dr. Jasper Stokman and prof.dr. Eric Opdam
Theoretical physics and mathematical physics, prof.dr. Sergey Shadrin
Discrete mathematics, algebraic combinatorics and graph theory, prof.dr. Jo Ellis-Monaghan^[5]
Pure analysis and dynamical systems, prof.dr. Han Peters
Numerical analysis and applied analysis, prof.dr. Rob Stevenson
Mathematical statistics and machine learning, prof.dr. Joris Mooij
Probability theory and queueing theory, prof.dr. Michel Mandjes
History of mathematics, dr. Gerard Alberts
Didactics, dr. André Heck

The institute is involved in several interdisciplinary research collaborations, including The Amsterdam String Theory Group,^[6] the NETWORKS programme^[7] and the QuSoft research center for quantum software^[8]

Education

Besides its research activities, the KdVI runs the education programmes in mathematics at the University of Amsterdam, namely the bachelor programme Mathematics^[9] and the master programmes Mathematics^[10] and Stochastics and Financial Mathematics,^[11] and jointly organises interdisciplinary double bachelor programmes Mathematics and Physics and Mathematics and Computer Science.^[9]

Name

The institute is named after the mathematicians Diederik Johannes Korteweg and Gustav de Vries. Korteweg was professor of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam from 1881 to 1918, and De Vries was Korteweg's student. Together they worked on the Korteweg–de Vries equation.^[12]

Directors

Current and former directors of the KdVI^[13]^[14]
Period
November 1997 - January 2003	Tom H. Koornwinder
January 2003 - August 2005	Chris Klaassen
August 2005 - August 2015	Jan Wiegerinck
Since August 2015	Eric Opdam

References

^ ^a ^b "Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics". NARCIS. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Instituutsleden". www.wiskgenoot.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, Universiteit van Amsterdam | European Mathematical Society". euro-math-soc.eu. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Research". Korteweg de Vries Instituut - University of Amsterdam. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ Ellis-Monaghan, Jo. "Jo Ellis-Monaghan". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "String Theory". Institute of Physics - University of Amsterdam. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Home". thenetworkcenter.nl.
^ "Home". qusoft.org.
^ ^a ^b "Bachelor Wiskunde". Universiteit van Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Master's Mathematics". University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Master Stochastics and Financial Mathematics". Universiteit van Amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "D.J. Korteweg and G. de Vries - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics". Korteweg de Vries Instituut - University of Amsterdam. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ Research Review of Mathematics during 2003–2008 at the six Dutch Universities of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam (VU), Groningen (RUG), Leiden (UL), Nijmegen (RU), and Utrecht (UU) (PDF). 2010. p. 14.
^ "High tea at KdVI in honor of Jan Wiegerinck". staff.fnwi.uva.nl. Retrieved 2021-01-11.

External links

Official Site

University of Amsterdam

Rector magnificus: Peter-Paul Verbeek

Campus

City center
Roeterseiland campus
Amsterdam Science Park
Academic Medical Center

Faculties

FNWI	Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) Informatics Institute Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (interfaculty) Institute of Physics (IoP) Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI) Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
FGw	Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) (interfaculty) Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH) Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (interfaculty) Graduate School of Humanities (GSH) College of Humanities (CoH)
FMG	Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) (interfaculty) Amsterdam School of Communications Research [nl] (ASCoR) Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies [nl] (IMES) Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes) Research Institute of Child Development and Education (CDE)
FEB	Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute Amsterdam Business School SEO Economic Research and etc.
FdR	Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies (ARILS) and etc.
FdG	Amsterdam Cancer Center and etc.
ATCA	Institute of Education Research institute