TUM Department of Mathematics
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1868 1974 (current organization) |
Dean | |
Academic staff | 40 professors 151 academic staff (2019)[1] |
Students | 1,357 (2020)[2] |
Location | , , |
Affiliations | TUM |
Website | ma.tum.de |
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The TUM Department of Mathematics (TUM MA) is a department of the Technical University of Munich, located at its Garching campus.
History[]
Mathematics was taught from the beginning at the Polytechnische Schule in München and the later Technische Hochschule München. Otto Hesse was the Department's first professor for calculus, analytical geometry and analytical mechanics. Over the years, several institutes for mathematics were formed.
In 1974, the Institute of Geometry was merged with the Institute of Mathematics to form the Department of Mathematics, and informatics, which had been part of the Institute of Mathematics, became a separate department.[3]
Building[]
The Department of Mathematics shares a building with the Department of Informatics.
In the building, two massive parabolic slides run from the fourth floor to the ground floor. Their shape corresponds to the equation and is supposed to represent the "connection of science and art".[4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/TUM_FMI_Bibliothek_innen.jpg/220px-TUM_FMI_Bibliothek_innen.jpg)
Research[]
The main research fields at the TUM Department of Mathematics are:[5]
- Analysis & Partial Differential Equations
- Algebra & Algebraic Geometry
- Numerics
- Stochastics (statistics and probability theory)
- Geometry & Discrete Mathematics
- Optimization
As of 2020, the chairs at the Department are:[5]
- Advanced Mathematics and Analytical Mechanics
- Algorithmic Algebra
- Analysis and Modelling
- Applied Numerical Analysis
- Arithmetic Algebra
- Geometry
- Global Analysis
- Mathematical Finance
- Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems
- Mathematical Optimization
- Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematical Physics
- Numerical Analysis
- Numerical Mathematics / Scientific Computing
- Numerical Mathematics and Control Theory
- Numerical Methods in Plasma Physics
- Optimal Control
- Probability Theory
Rankings[]
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The TUM Department of Mathematics has been rated as one of the top mathematics departments in Germany: in the QS World University Rankings, it ranks 56th in the world and first nationally, while it is ranked between 51 and 75 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[6][7] In Statistics & Operational Research, QS ranks TUM first in Germany and 40th in the world.[9]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings does not rank individual subjects, though in the physical sciences TUM is generally ranked 25th globally and 2nd nationally.[8]
In the national 2020 CHE University Ranking, the department is rated in the top group for the majority of criteria, including study organization, courses offered, infrastructure, and overall study situation.[10]
Notable people[]
Barbara Wohlmuth received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2012.[11] Herbert Spohn was awarded the Cantor medal in 2014,[12] the Max Planck Medal in 2017,[13] and the Boltzmann Medal in 2019.[14]
Past professors include Felix Klein, Alexander von Brill, Jacob Lüroth, Walther von Dyck, Ludwig Burmester, Heinrich Liebmann and Josef Lense.
References[]
- ^ "Department of Mathematics - about us". TUM Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "TUM Facts & figures". Technische Universität München. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Die Geschichte der Mathematik an der TU". TUM Department of Mathematics (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Hoffmann, Sabine (4 October 2002). "Akademiker-Bespaßung: Rutschpartie zum Café Latte". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Research fields". TUM Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Mathematics". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. 2 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Statistics & Operational Research". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Studying Mathematics in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2012". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Cantor-Medaille für Mathematiker Herbert Spohn". German Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger". German Physical Society. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "StatPhys 27 — International Conference on Statistical Physics". Statphys. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
External links[]
Media related to TUM Department of Mathematics building at Wikimedia Commons
- Technical University of Munich
- 1974 establishments in Germany
- Educational institutions established in 1974
- Schools of mathematics