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27 October 2020

Geometry, paintings, and Lance

Professor of Mathematics Paul Arne Østvær explains his CAS project, Motivic Geometry, through the act of painting and a professional biker’s tireless drive to bike on endless roads.

26 October 2020

Er du vår nye kollega?

Senter for grunnforskning (CAS) søker en rådgiver med teft for forskningskommunikasjon og administrasjon til et 11-måneders vikariat. Søknadsfristen er 15. november 2020.

23 October 2020

The policies that affect us all: are they well-founded?

This question deserves a lot more attention, CAS scholars argue, as social scientists and political philosophers join forces.

23 October 2020

Books known only by title: a widespread but unexplored phenomenon

CAS scholars argue that we need to acknowledge the diversity of the first millennium library, which includes references to books that may have never existed as anything other than fictitious titles.

07 October 2020

CAS Alumnus granted 34.7 million Swedish Kronor for analysing proofs

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation granted Thierry Coquand support for his joint mathematical and computer science project “Type Theory for Mathematics and Computer Science”.