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Exhibition shows the ‘beauty and power’ of mathematics News - 2 June 2022
In the ‘Imaginary’ exhibition, its curators show how society is made up of mathematics. From algorithms that save lives to ones that generate art. The exhibition is from 2 June to 25 July at Oude UB in Leiden.

Floske Spieksma Professor Mathematics of Operations Research
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Why the mathematics of operations research is so fascinating – even for a layperson News - 29 August 2023
Floske Spieksma will give her inaugural lecture as Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research on 1 September. A discussion about mathematical models, Venezuela, trembling knees, being the only woman, casinos, intuition and above all loving your job.

Marc Spijker Professor emeritus of Numerical mathematics
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Marta Fiocco Professor Applied Mathematics, in particular Medical Statistics
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Hendrik Lenstra Professor emeritus of fundamental and applied mathematics
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David Holmes Professor Pure Mathematics
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Mathematics student Alex Colling: ‘Bachelor’s thesis was highlight of my time in Leiden’ News - 6 January 2023
Alex Colling himself calls his bachelor's thesis ‘the highlight of his time in Leiden’. And according to his supervisors, that resulted in an outstanding thesis, with great attention to detail. The Mathematics and Physics student worked on a mathematical description of monopoles: hypothetical particles…

Ronald van Luijk Professor of Mathematics
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ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe' News - 22 November 2022
On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.

Peter Stevenhagen Professor of Mathematics, in particular algebra and number theory
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