During his valedictory lecture, Moerdijk offered a glimpse into the mathematics that has occupied him over the past decades. In recent years, his work has focused on topology, an abstract branch of geometry concerned with understanding and characterising shapes and structures.
Project leader and assistant professor Vincent Jonker: “Doing it yourself is key. After all, you gain the most insight when you discover something yourself.”
Utrecht University appoints Michiel Doorman as Professor of Mathematics Education. His mission is to explore what mathematics education should look like in a rapidly changing world.
What calculations determine who ends up in parliament? Mathematician Filip Moons dug into the numbers behind the Dutch electoral system and even wrote a book about it: From Vote to Seat (Van Stem tot Zetel).
Dirksen applies mathematical methods to tackle concrete problems. A central question in his research is how to reduce massive amounts of data into something workable, without losing essential information.
