Browsing 2025 by Snapshot Mathematical Subject "Algebra and Number Theory"
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Brauer's Problems: 60 Years of Legacy
[SNAP-2025-006-EN] (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2025-11-24)Richard Brauer (1901-1977) was a German-American mathematician who is regarded as the founder of a highly active mathematical area known as modular representation theory. This area grew from group theory, which can be ... -
The Five Platonic Solids and their Connection to Root Systems
[SNAP-2025-004-EN] (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2025-09-05)Platonic solids have fascinated humans for thousands of years. In ancient times, they were associated with the elements fire, air, water, earth, and aether. These solids are completely symmetrical three-dimensional polyhedra. ... -
Five Ways to Spell ADE
[SNAP-2025-003-EN] (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2025-07-30)The solutions to a surprising number of mathematical questions can be classified by the ADE Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams. This snapshot will show you a selection of these questions and how they correspond to the ADE Coxeter–Dynkin ... -
Truncated Fusion Rules for Supergroups
[SNAP-2025-001-EN] (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2025-02-03)In the '70s, physicists introduced a new type of symmetry – supersymmetry – to address some unresolved issues in particle physics models. Its mathematical foundations involve the representation theory of the associated ...