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Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
About the Institute
The principal activity of the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. (IM in the following) is scientific research in the fields of mathematics and its applications, and providing the infrastructure for research. The IM contributes to raising the level of knowledge and education and to utilising the results of scientific research in practice. It acquires, processes and disseminates scientific information, issues scientific and professional publications (monographs, journals, proceedings, etc.). In cooperation with universities, the IM carries out doctoral study programmes and provides training for young scientists. The IM promotes international cooperation, including the organisation of joint research projects with foreign partners and participation in exchange programs. The IM organises scientific meetings, conferences and seminars on the national and international levels. Research in the Institute is concerned mainly with mathematical analysis (differential equations, numerical analysis, functional analysis, theory of real functions and function spaces, mathematical physics), mathematical logic, theoretical computer science and graph theory, numerical algebra, topology (general and algebraic), probability theory and mathematical statistics, differential geometry, and theory of teaching mathematics.
The Institute was established in 1947 as the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1950 it was reorganized to form the Central Mathematical Institute, which was incorporated into the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1953 as the Mathematical Institute. In 1993 the Institute became a part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Since January 1, 2007, the MI is a public research institute, whose founder is the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., pursuant to the Act No. 341/2005 Coll. on public research institutions (the initials v.v.i. following the name of the institute are the initials of the Czech legal term veřejná výzkumná instituce = public research institution). This change leads to broader rights and responsibility of the institute as those of a legal person and allows for certain relaxation of the rather strict budget rules in the past.
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