Stieltjes Institute
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856-1895)
Stieltjes Educational Weeks



The Stieltjes Institute organizes one or two educational weeks each semester. During such a week, some members of the Institute's staff treat a subject paramount to mathematics. The intended audience consists of advanced students and starting PhD students enrolled in Dutch universities.

The aim of the Stieltjes Institute's educational weeks is to promote the cooperation of Dutch universities in the educational domain, and to bring about a critical mass that individual institutes often lack.

This page provides general information. Please see the links below for more detailed information on specific educational weeks, or contact the principal organizer mentioned. The general organization of the weeks lies with:

  • Peter Stevenhagen 
  • Arjen Doelman 
Suggestions for future educational weeks may be sent to them.

ROOSTER

2007
7/5 - 11/5 Stieltjes & Diamant Onderwijsweek Solvability of Diophantine Equations
F. Beukers, J.-H. Evertse, R. Tijdeman
2007
22/1 - 26/1 Probability and Statistics in Population Genetics
S.M. Verduyn-Lunel, A.W. van der Vaart
2006
6/6 - 9/6 Rings of Low Rank
Bas Edixhoven , H.W. Lenstra, B. de Smit
2005
14/2 - 18/2 Global and variational methods for DE"s
Mark Peletier
2004
6/9 - 10/9 Geschiedenis van de wiskunde
Gerard Alberts
 
2003
22/9 - 26/9 Mathematics of cryptology (met EIDMA)
Bas Edixhoven
 
3/3 - 7/3 Stabiliteitsanalyse in PDV's
Arjen Doelman
 
2002
22/9 - 26/9 Expliciete algebraische getaltheorie
Peter Stevenhagen
 
11/3 - 15/3 Multiproces-multiscale-differentiaalvergelijkingen
Walter Hoffmann
 
2001
26/11 - 30/11 Algorithmen in de getaltheorie (met EIDMA)
Peter Stevenhagen
 
5/3 - 9/3 Financiële wiskunde
Peter Spreij
 
19/2 - 23/2 Stochastische differentiaalvergelijkingen
Sjoerd Verduyn-Lunel
 
2000
4/12 - 8/12 Capita Statistische Schattingstheorie
Chris Klaassen
 
13/3 - 17/3 Eigenwaardeproblemen
Arjen Doelman
 
28/2 - 3/3 Riemannoppervlakken
Peter Stevenhagen

REGISTRATION

Every Dutch student or PhD student of mathematics may participate without cost. However, registration by email with the principal organizer is required in time. Please mention whether you are a student (and what year you are in) or a PhD student.

LOCATION

The educational weeks take place at the Lorentz Center in Leiden. The Center can be reached by car, or by bus from Leiden Central Station - click here to see how. The Lorentz Center provides lecture-rooms and workrooms for the participants.

FACILITIES

The Stieltjes Institute offers coffee, tea, lunch, and a reception of welcome. The Stieltjes universities support participation in the educational weeks and are willing to help participants with
  • scheduling problems
  • travelling-expenses
To appeal, please contact Mill (VU), Stevenhagen (UL), De Pagter (TUD), or Doelman (UvA), and do so in time.

TIMETABLE

On the first four days of the week, there is a lecture in the morning, and time to work on the material individually in the afternoon, followed by a seminar. The Friday consists of more panoramic lectures by teachers or invited lecturers.

REWARD

Students who are enrolled in Stieltjes universities are awarded 2 ECTS if they participate actively - the teacher will be the judge of this. Other arrangements are possible, in consultation with the teachers.
 
  Thomas Stieltjes Institute for Mathematics
c/o University of Leiden, Mathematical Institute
P.O. Box 9512 2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 71 527 7042
Fax: +31 71 527 7101
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