Heilbronn_Institute_for_Mathematical_Research

Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research

Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research

Research centre for mathematics in the UK.

The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research is a national research institute for mathematics based at the University of Bristol. It is named after the distinguished number theorist Hans Heilbronn who worked at Bristol University from 1934–1935 and 1946–1964.[1] The Institute was founded in 2005 and is run as a partnership between the UK Government Communications Headquarters and the UK academic mathematics community. It has facilities in Bristol, London, and Manchester. As of September 2023, the Chair of the Institute is Catherine Hobbs, having succeeded Geoffrey Grimmett.[2]

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The Institute has headquarters in the Fry Building of Bristol University, to which it moved in September 2019 together with the School of Mathematics of the University.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hans Heilbronn", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  2. [2]
    "Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research | Professor Catherine Hobbs Appointed Chair of the Heilbronn Institute". Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Bristol mathematics moves to Fry Building".

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