Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been occupying mathematicians for over two millennia,’ says theoretical mathematician David Lilienfeldt. In September, he started at the Mathematical Institute…

Within the Mathematical Institute, the Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory research group organises a seminar.

One of the effects of climate change is the phenomenon of desertification, a process that occurs in semi-arid and arid areas and causes land degradation as well as vegetation loss. Due to the lack of resources, vegetation self-organizes to sustain itself by forming large-scale spatial patterns.

In the Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory specialisation you dive deep into pure mathematics. You explore both the fundamentals and how mathematics is applied in other sciences, society and industry. As a master’s student you join a multidisciplinary research team at the Mathematical Institute and…

How can you figure out which points lie on a certain curve? And how many possible curves do you count by a given number of points? These are the kinds of questions Pim Spelier of the Mathematical Institute studied during his PhD research. Spelier received his doctorate with distinction on June 12.

We show that Kirchhoff ’s law of conservation holds for non-commutative graph flows if and only if the graph is planar. We generalize the theory of (Euclidean) lattices to infinite dimension and consider the ring of algebraic integers as such a lattice.

On 30 September 2013 Ronald Cramer, head of the Cryptology group of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and a professor of cryptology at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University, was inaugurated as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Within the Mathematical Institute, the Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory research group organises several meetings.

Fundamental research in the ALgebra, Geometry And Number Theory

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-Promotor: Dr. J.H. Evertse

The 21st century is witnessing a revolution in our understanding of rational points on surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties, and it is in this field that this project lies.

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In this thesis, we show that we can use Shimura’s CM theory to explicitly compute the Hilbert class field of any primitive quartic CM field.

The two-year research programme Applied Mathematics offers courses at an advanced level. There is a large degree of freedom in choosing one’s own topics. Some of the courses are given at national level, in the Dutch Mastermath programme. The programme concludes with the preparation of a master’s the…

The Mathematics and SCS master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine Mathematics research with different aspects of science communication.

The Mathematics master’s programme provides a solid theoretical foundation and prepares you to work in multidisciplinary and international environments. With a Leiden Mathematics degree, you’ll have the tools to pursue opportunities worldwide in research, industry, and beyond.

Combine training in Mathematics research with different aspects of business studies. Learn to build bridges between science and business.

In this thesis we study the moduli space of genus g curves, and the differential forms that occur naturally on this moduli space.

We prove a p-adic version of the work by Gross and Zagier on the differences between singular moduli by proving a set of conjectures by Giampietro and Darmon, who investigated the factorisation of a rational invariant associated to a pair of CM-points on a genus zero Shimura curve, obtained as the ratio…

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

In dit onderzoek worden orde isomorfismen en orde antimorfisme bestudeerd in het algemene kader van partieel geordende vector ruimten.

The main topic of this PhD thesis is the Arakelov ray class group of a number field, an algebraic object that contains both the ideal class group structure and the unit group structure.

The Mathematics and Education master specialisation gives you the opportunity to combine Mathematics research with an excellent education in becoming a Mathematics teacher.

The MSc Mathematics programme offers a dynamic and flexible curriculum that allows you to shape your own path—whether you're aiming for a research career in mathematics or looking to apply your skills in education, industry, business, or science communication.

To be eligible for Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

Located in the friendly small city of Leiden in the centre of the Netherlands, Leiden University has for centuries been at the forefront of developments in science and mathematics and that excellent continues today, with world-leading department of mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry and computer…

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How can you solve equations that define not ‘just’ curves, but also two-dimension surfaces or even higher-dimensional objects? That’s the big question that mathematician Martin Bright and his team will be trying to answer. They’ve received a NWO Science-XL grant of 2.8 million euros.

The first book ever on information-theoretically secure multiparty computation

Promotor: V. Vitelli, Co-promotor: J. Paulose

The Mathematical Institute is one of the eight institutes of the Faculty of Science. The institute operates as a single unit defined by the activities of its members.

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Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher

The Mathematical Institute is responsible for the research and education in mathematics and statistics at Leiden University.

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, A. Iovita

To an algebraic curve C over the complex numbers one can associate a non-negative integer g, the genus, as a measure of its complexity.

The Mathematical Institute offers a bachelor programme in Mathematics and master programmes in Mathematics and in Statistical Science. The institute also teaches many mathematics and statistics courses in other academic programmes of the university. About 65 PhD students work on a thesis in a small…