UCPH Department of Mathematical Sciences

The UCPH Department of Mathematical Sciences (Danish: Institut for Matematiske Fag) is a department under the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). The department is based at the university's North Campus in Copenhagen.

Location

The department is located in the E building of the

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From the founding of the University of Copenhagen in 1479, mathematics had been part of the Faculty of Philosophy. In 1850 it was moved to the new faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The Institute for Mathematical Sciences was first created in 1934 next to the Niels Bohr Institute building, when Carlsberg Foundation donated money for a building in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the University of Copenhagen in 1929. In 1963 the institute moved to its current location.

Mathematical research

Many different branches of mathematics are being covered by the fields of interest of different researchers at the institute.

. Faculty from the department who have contributed to this research include the following:

• Bent Fuglede
• Søren Eilers
• George Elliott
• Gert Kjærgaard Pedersen
• Ryszard Nest
• Richard V. Kadison

Contributing to these efforts, the department houses a center for

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Of other major research frontiers are homological algebra, and more recently - grounds have been laid for a boost in the research of algebraic topology.

External links

• Department of Mathematical Sciences
  • Center for Non-commutative Geometry
  • Topology

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