International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine: first school and conference took place in August

The International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (ICMU) orginized its first school and conferenceNumbers in the universe: recent advances in number theory and its applications” on 7-11 August 2023.

The event took place simultaneously in two grounds with a live connection between the audiences at the Kyiv School of Economics and Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center in Warsaw. Special sessions were organised to discuss research and learning problems.

Lecture series included:

  • Ergodic theory at the service of combinatorics and number theory: Vitaly Bergelson, The Ohio State University
  • Analytic prime number theory in the twenty-first century: Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Old and new ideas in sphere packing: Maryna Viazovska, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Other invited speakers:

  • Joanna Kułaga-Przymus, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
  • Mariusz Lemańczyk, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
  • Oleksandr Marynych, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Danylo Radchenko, University of Lille/CNRS
  • Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste