The international scientific conference dedicated to the 160th anniversary of
Prof. Dr. Hermann Minkowski

The international scientific conference organised by the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen .

The conference will be held on June 20-22, 2024, A. Mickevičius st. 37, Kaunas.

About prof. dr. Hermann Minkowski

Prof. Dr. Hermann Minkowski was a mathematician, one of the pioneers of the theory of relativity.

Prof. Dr. Hermann Minkowski was born on June 22, 1864 in Kaunas. Here he studied at the Kaunas Governorate (now Maironis) gymnasium.
Since 1872 he studied at the Königsberg gymnasium, after 1880 he studied at the university of this city.
In 1883 he received the Grand Prize of mathematical sciences (Grand Prix des Sciences Matematiques) from Paris Academy of Sciences.
In 1885, H. Minkowski defended his PhD thesis at the Königsberg University (supervisor Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann).
Hermann Minkowski worked as a professor of mathematics at the universities of Bonn (1887–1894), Königsberg (1894–1896), and Zürich (1896–1902). In Zürich, Minkowski taught mathematics to Albert Einstein, the future founder of relativity theory.
Since 1902 H. Minkowski was a professor at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
His works have been published in many languages.
Prof. Dr. H. Minkowski died on January 12, 1909 in Göttingen, Germany.

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About conference

The international scientific conference organised by the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) is dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the birth of Professor Dr. Hermann Minkowski.

The conference will be held on June 20-22, 2024 in the historic Aula, A. Mickevičius st. 37, Kaunas.

The University of Lithuania was solemnly opened in this Aula in February 16 1922.

Dates

The conference will be held on June 20-22, 2024.

Registration, including payment of the fee, will close on 1 June 2024.

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Registration fee: 100 Eur.

Conference registration fee include:

Admission to scientific sessions
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Certificate of Attendance
Community event “Along the paths of Prof. H. Minkowski in Kaunas”

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Kaunas University of Technology
Address: K. Donelaičio St. 73, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania
Company code: 111950581
VAT code: LT119505811
Billing account: LT387044060003104481
Bank: AB, SEB bankas
SWIFT: CBVILT2X
Subscript: KO056
Purpose: Minkowski conference, participant’s or attendee’s name and surname

Conference material

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Venue

Kaunas University of Technology,

A.Mickevičius st. 37, Kaunas

Sections

Section	Contact person
Number theory	habil. dr. Jörg Brüdern
Convex Geometry	dr. Max Wardetzky
History of mathematics	habil. dr. Norbert Schappacher
Applied mathematics	habil. dr. Minvydas Kazys Ragulskis
Didactics of mathematics	dr. Bronė Narkevičienė, habil. dr. Rimas Norvaiša

Cancellation policy

Cancellations must be made in writing to the Organizing Secretariat. Cancellations received prior to 1 May 2024 will receive a full refund minus a € 25 for administration fee. Cancellations received between 1 May 2024 and 1 June will receive a refund of the fee minus a € 75. Later cancellations will not be refunded. Substitute delegates will be accepted. Registration can only be confirmed once payment is received.

Committees and Programme

Organising committee

Dr. Bronė Narkevičienė (Chairwoman)

Habil. dr. Jörg Brüdern

Dr. Tomas Iešmantas

Dr. Audrius Kabašinskas

Dr. Mantas Landauskas

Dr. Kęstutis Lukšys

Dr. Kristina Šutienė

Virginija Klusienė

Alina Kotkevičienė

Gerda Kaunietytė

Programme committee

Habil. dr. Jörg Brüdern (Chairman)

Dr. Bronė Narkevičienė

Habil. dr. Rimas Norvaiša

Habil. dr. Minvydas Kazys Ragulskis

Habil. dr. Norbert Schappacher

Dr. Max Wardetzky

Programme

2024 June 20

9.00 – 9.30	Registration of participants
9.30 – 10.15	Opening of the conference
10.15 – 11.15	Prof. Habil. Dr. Tilman Sauer, the University of Mainz, Germany; Plenary presentation
11.15 – 11.45	Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45	Prof. Dr. Joachim Schwermer, the University of Wien, Austria; Plenary presentation
12.45 – 14.15	Lunch break
14.15 – 15.45	Work in sections
15.45 – 16.15	Coffee break
16.15– 17.45	Work in sections

2024 June 21

9.00 – 10.00	Prof. Dr. Stefan Halverscheid, the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany; Plenary presentation
10.00 – 11.00	Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hohage, the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany; Plenary presentation
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30	Prof. Dr. Martin Henk, the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. Plenary presentation
12.30– 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30	Work in sections
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30	Work in sections
18.30	Conference evening “Come together”