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The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) is a research institute in Bonn, formed by the four mathematical institutes of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Mathematical Institute, Institute for Applied Mathematics, Institute for Numerical Simulation, Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics), the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (MPI), and the Institute for Social and Economic Sciences.
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History
The Hausdorff Center was established in 2006 as one of the seventeen national Clusters of Excellence that were part of the German government's Excellence Initiative. It was officially opened with a colloquium on 19 and 20 January 2007. In 2012, a second funding period was granted. The Hausdorff Center is the only cluster of excellence in the area of mathematics in Germany.
The centre is named after the mathematician Felix Hausdorff (born 8 November 1868; died 26 January 1942).
Organization
The coordinator of the HCM is Prof. Dr. Karl-Theodor Sturm. Altogether, about 60 professors from Bonn are affiliated with the HCM: all professors for Mathematics, of the MPI, and for Theoretical Economy. These include the director of the MPI, Gerd Faltings, who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986, and Reinhard Selten, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on game theory.
The Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics (HIM), the Bonn International Graduate School in Mathematics (BIGS), and the Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics are part of the Hausdorff Center: