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ALGANT graduation ceremony in Leiden this year - published on (3-7-2009)

After Padova (2007) and Brussels (2008) the graduation ceremony of the ALGANT programme took place this year in Leiden. ALGANT is a two-year international master program in pure mathematics, with a strong emphasis on Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory. At this moment four universities participate: Padova, Bordeaux, Paris (Orsay), and Leiden. On Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 July ALGANT graduates from all four cities gave their public master thesis defenses. On Wednesday 8 July the graduation ceremony took place, in the Academy Building.
Read the news item about the ceremony of Leiden University.
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Guests - published on (23-6-2009)

This summer the Mathematical Institute will have several guests. For example, from June 24- July 3rd Jean Rene Chazottes (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris) will visit Frank Redig. Stefan Grossinsky (Warwick University) will visit Frank Redig from 13-15 July. In July we have Prof. Florian Breuer (University of Stellenbosch) as our guest within the ALGANT exchange programme.


Hendrik Lenstra honored Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - published on (25-4-2009)

On Friday April 24th, after a day of festivities in honor of his 60th birthday, Hendrik Lenstra was awarded the distinction of `Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw' by the mayor of the city of Leiden. Hendrik Lenstra obtained this distinction for his many significant contributions to mathematics - like the LLL-algorithm and his method for factoring numbers with elliptic curves - and for his contributions to the popularisation of mathematics. In this respect the mayor mentioned the Pi-in-de-Pieterskerk project, and Lenstra's work around Escher's Prentententoonstelling.
Read more (in Dutch).