The MFO once again received an excellent rating by the Senate of the Leibniz Association in the regular evaluation process. In its statement of March 19, 2024, the Senate recommends to continue the joint funding of the institute by the federal and state governments.
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"How can we fairly divide a necklace with various types of beads? We use this problem as a motivating example to explain how geometry naturally appears in solutions of non-geometric problems. The strategy we develop to solve this problem has been used in several other contexts." Read more in the snapshot "The Geometry of Fair Division" by Florian Frick...
The book written by Paul Breiding, Kathlén Kohn and Bernd Sturmfels presents the lecture notes from the corresponding Oberwolfach Seminar given in summer 2023 at the MFO.
The Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO), Germany, and the Australian Mathematical Research Institute MATRIX invite proposals for a tandem workshop taking place simultaneously in a hybrid format at MATRIX and MFO in the week of 21-26 September 2025.
To celebrate this year's Love Data Week (February 12-16) the MaRDI consortium created the game "Data Love Quest".
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