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Below please find a selection of Advanced Courses for the summer semester 2012. If the class you plan to attend is not listed, please check with the BMS Office if it qualifies as an Advanced Course.



1. Differential geometry, global analysis, and mathematical physics

Title: Geometry II: Discrete differential geometry
Lecturer: Alexander Bobenko, TU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Quantum field theory - Quantenfeldtheorie II
Lecturer: Dirk Kreimer, HU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Index theory
Lecturer: Jochen Brüning, HU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Symplectic topology
Lecturer: Klaus Mohnke, HU
Type: seminar (2h)

Title: Mathematical physics II
Lecturer: Matteo Petrera, TU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)


2. Algebraic and arithmetic geometry, number theory

Title: Lie-Algebras II - Coxeter groups and root systems
Lecturer: Elmar Große-Klönne, HU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Intersection theory
Lecturer: Gavril Farkas, HU
Type: seminar (2h)


3. Probability, statistics, and financial mathematics

Title: Continuous time finance - Stochastische Finanzmathematik II
Lecturer: Ulrich Horst, HU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Malliavin calculus and applications
Lecturer: Peter Imkeller, HU
Type: lecture (2h)

Title: Differential equations for probabilists II
Lecturer: Peter Friz, TU
Type: seminar (2h)

Title: Computational finance
Lecturer: Antonis Papapantoleon,TU
Type: lecture (4h)

Title: Stochastic calculus of variations
Lecturer: Peter Imkeller, HU
Type: lecture (2h)

Title: Stochastic processes (Lévy processes) 
Lecturer: Michael Högele, U Potsdam
Type: lecture (2h)


4. Discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimization

Title: Constructive combinatorics - Diskrete Mathematik III
Lecturer: Tibor Szabo, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Semidefinite programming and applications
Lecturer: Fernando Mario de Oliveira Filho, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Molecular networks - Molekulare Netzwerke
Lecturer: Alexander Bockmayr, FU
Type: seminar (2h)

Title: Mathematics of infrastructure planning (ADM III)
Lecturer: Martin Grötschel, TU
Type: lecture (4h)

Title: The graph isomorphism problem - Das Graphenisomorphieproblem
Lecturer: Martin Grohe, HU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Foundations of distributed systems  
Lecturer: Stefan SchmidPetr Kuznetsov   
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)


5. Geometry, topology and visualisation

Title: Rigidity theory
Lecturer: Louis Theran, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Discrete topology
Lecturer: Frank Lutz, TU
Type: lecture (2h)

Title: Extrinsic geometry of smooth and polyhedral surfaces 
Lecturer: Tom Banchoff, TU, BMS Professor
Type: lecture (4h)


6. Numerical analysis and scientific computing

Title: Computational nonlinear PDEs
Lecturer: Carsten Carstensen, HU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Numerics - Numerik IV
Lecturer: Frank Noe, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Mathematical modelling and numerics in climate research -
Mathematische Modellierung und Numerik in der Klimaforschung (Numerik IVa)

Lecturer: Rupert Klein, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Control theory
Lecturer: Tobias Bruell, TU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Theory of Krylov subspace methods
Lecturer: Jörg Liesen, TU
Type: lecture (2h)

Title: Numerical Analysis and Finite Elements for Electromagnetics and Wave Propagation
Lecturer: Kersten Schmidt, TU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Numerical linear algebra 2
Lecturer: Christian Schröder, TU
Type:lecture (2h)

Title: Model order reduction
Lecturer: Christian Schröder, TU
Type: lecture (4h)


7. Applied analysis and differential equations

Title: Partial differential equations and fluid dynamics
Lecturer: Edriss S. Titi, FU 
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Infinite-dimensional dynamical systems
Lecturer: Bernold Fiedler, FU
Type: lecture (2h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Nonlinear partial differential equations - Nichtlineare Partielle Differentialgleichungen
Lecturer: Jan Metzger, U Potsdam
Type:
lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Nonlinear hyperbolic equations - Differentialgleichungen III
Lecturer: Alan Rendall, FU
Type: lecture (4h) + tutorial (2h)

Title: Asymptotic analysis
Lecturer: Barbara Wagner, TU
Type: lecture (2h)


For seminars and colloquia, see also the
Berlin-Potsdam Mathematics Calendar