Berlin Mathematics Research Center

MATH+, the Berlin Mathematics Research Center, is a cross-institutional and interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence. It sets out to explore and further develop new approaches in application-oriented mathematics. Emphasis is placed on mathematical principles for using ever larger amounts of data in life and material sciences, in energy and network research, and in the humanities and social sciences.

MATH+ is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy (EXC-2046/2, project ID 390685689). After the first period from 2019-2025, its second funding period started in January 2026 and will end by December 2032. It is a joint project of the three major universities in Berlin – Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin – as well as the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) and the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). MATH+ continues the success stories of the renowned Research Center Matheon and the Excellence-Graduate School Berlin Mathematical School (BMS).

News

Discover OSCAR: The Open Source Computer Algebra Research System

27.10.2026

What is OSCAR, and how does it support mathematical research? In our new video, MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Michael Joswig and PhD student Zoe Geiselmann introduce the open-source algebra research system, its benefits for researchers, and learning opportunities, including the 2027 OSCAR Summer School in Berlin.

BMS Dirichlet Postdocs 2026

23.10.2026

MATH+ and the BMS are delighted to announce the arrival of three new Dirichlet Postdoctoral Fellows in Berlin. We warmly welcome Hefin Lambley, Pardis Semnani, and Eliseo Luongo to the MATH+ and BMS community and wish them all the best during their two-year postdoctoral appointments at Freie Universität Berlin und Technische Universität Berlin.

BMS–BGSMath Junior Meeting 2026 in Barcelona, 2-4 September

09.09.2026

Since 2016, BMS and BGSMath have held joint Junior Meetings every two years, alternating between Berlin and Barcelona to foster scientific exchange and strengthen their doctoral and postdoctoral programs. The fifth meeting took place in Barcelona from September 2–4, 2026.

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Events

6 November – Silvia De Toffoli: Mathematics After AI

29.10.2026

OpenAI’s announcement of an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes problem has intensified speculation that mathematics might soon be “solved,” as many have said that chess and Go have been “solved.” In this talk, I challenge this narrative by questioning two assumptions on which it rests: that AI has genuinely solved a mathematical problem, and that mathematics is fundamentally about solving...

27 November – Mario Kummer: Fourier Quasicrystals

28.10.2026

Quasicrystals were discovered in the 1980s and have led to a paradigm change in crystallography. Their existence shows that order can exist without regular repetition. They scatter X-rays into patterns with sharp peaks, much like ordinary crystals. Yet the mathematics behind this picture holds a surprise: in many models, countless faint peaks fill the gaps and remain hidden only because instrument...

17–19 November – 20 Years of Excellent Mathematics

20.10.2026

In October 2006, the DFG announced that the BMS would receive funding as a graduate school within the “Excellence Initiative.” 20 years later, we are happy and proud to celebrate not only the 20th anniversary of the BMS, but also to mark this milestone by launching the 2nd funding period of Cluster of Excellence MATH+.

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