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Mathematical Physics

Research & news

Focus on Research: mathematician Eric Opdam

On exciting symmetries and the inaccessible mathematical reality. 'A girlfriend once said to me, "So, you spend the whole day thinking up exercises, and then you solve them yourself?" But that’s not what mathematicians do with their lives.
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Participating research institutes within UvA

Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)

KdVI works for the advancement of theoretical and applied aspects of mathematics and promotes the appreciation of mathematics in other academic disciplines and society as a whole. Research themes include: algebra, geometry, analysis, mathematical physics, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, stochastics and financial mathematics.
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Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)

ITFA is one of Europe’s leading institutes for theoretical physics. Its objective is to perform cutting-edge theoretical physics from a broad unifying perspective while drawing on the relations between various subfields. The ITFA specialises in quantum field theory and particle physics, string theory, condensed matter field theory and the Quantum Hall Effect, integrable systems and biosystems.
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