Die »Euler-Vorlesung in Sanssouci« ist eine Mathematik-Vorlesung in festlichem Rahmen an der Universität Potsdam. Die Veranstaltung wird seit 1993 alljährlich von den Berliner und Potsdamer mathematischen Instituten, der Berliner Mathematischen Gesellschaft und vielen weiteren Veranstaltern gemeinsam ausgerichtet. Der mathematische Hauptvortrag wird von einer hochkarätig besetzten Jury ausgewählt. Ferner gibt es einen historischen Vortrag und ein musikalisches Rahmenprogramm.

Die Euler-Vorlesung ist nach Leonhard Euler benannt, der mit der Berliner und Potsdamer Mathematik besonders verbunden war. Unter anderem war Euler langjährig als Direktor der Mathematischen Klasse der Berliner Akademie und am Hof Friedrichs des Großen in Potsdam tätig.

 

31. Euler-Vorlesung 2024

Die Euler-Vorlesung in 2024 wird von dem Mathematiker Alessio Figalli von der ETH Zürich gehalten. Den traditionellen historischen Vortrag wird die Mathematikerin Clara Silvia Roero von der Univerität Turin geben.

Zeit: 24. Mai 2024, 14:30 Uhr
Ort: Auditorium Maximum im Haus 8, Am Neuen Palais, Potsdam

 

Euler-Vorlesung von Professor Alessio Figalli
(ETH Zürich)

Title: Exploring Stability in Geometric and Functional Inequalities

Abstract: In the realms of analysis and geometry, geometric and functional inequalities are of paramount significance, influencing a variety of problems. Traditionally, the focus has been on determining precise constants and identifying minimizers. More recently, there has been a growing interest in investigating the stability of these inequalities. The central question we aim to explore is: "If a function nearly achieves equality in a known functional inequality, can we demonstrate, in a quantitative way, its proximity to a minimizer?" In this talk I will overview this beautiful topic and discuss some recent results.

 

Historischer Vortrag von Professorin Clara Silvia Roero
(Universität Turin)

Title: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his Influence on Giuseppe Peano

Abstract: The talk will show that the source of inspiration for the Peano's project on his Formulaire de Mathématiques (5 prints, 1895-1908) was the ambitious idea of the Characteristica universalis, conceived by Leibniz, which gave him the basis for an Enciclopedia generalis. The Italian mathematician who owned the 6 volumes of Leibniz's Opera omnia (ed. Dutens 1768) also shared the Leibnizian concept of the role that the history of mathematics had in research. Peano suggested to his assistant Giovanni Vacca that he should go to Hanover to examine Leibniz's unpublished papers and he acted as go-between with Couturat for the editions of the Opuscules et fragments inédits de Leibniz. The Peano's Formulaire was intended to be to all effects an encyclopaedia in which the reader would be able to find mathematics, history and philology. Between 1898 and 1903 Peano dealt with the history of the binary number system in the wake of Leibniz. Based on the examination of some unpublished manuscripts, we reconstruct Peano's research and show how it culminates in the construction of a binary shorthand machine, in which mathematics, linguistics and technology merged together.