Previous editions For the past 16 years, Antwerp Summer and Winter University has offered specialised education to an international audience within the areas of excellence of the University of Antwerp and its partners. In 2025, Antwerp Summer and Winter University offered 30 programmes to 753 partic…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2025 Linear algebraic groups and algebras with involution The information on this page refers to the 2025 edition. Updates on the next edition will be shared in February 2026. Summer School | 2025 In 2025, the ALGAR s…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2017: Speakers Lecturers Asher Auel was born in 1981 in the state of Oregon (U.S.). In 2009 he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Ted Chinburg. From 2009 to 2013 he was a po…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2017: Schedule A detailed schedule of ALGAR 2017 can be found here (332 kB). Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and can not be switched off. The…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2019: Participants Name Institution Place Jack Barlow Emory University Atlanta (GA), United States Karim Johannes Becher University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Kader Bingöl University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Nico…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Speakers Lecturers Yong Hu was born in 1983 in China. In 2012 he completed his Ph.D. at the University Paris-Sud 11 under the supervision of Colliot-Thélène. From 2013 to 2017 he was an associate professor at …

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2019: Speakers Lecturers Raman Parimala was born in 1948 in Tamil Nadu (India). She finished her Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai in 1976 under the supervision of Sridharan. For many years, she was a professor at t…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Participants Name Institution Place Karim Johannes Becher University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Eberhard Becker TU Dortmund Dortmund, Germany Fatma Kader Bingöl University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Nicolas D…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Schedule The summer school was held from monday the 2nd of July 2018 in the morning till friday the 6th of July 2018 in the afternoon. You can find a detailed schedule here (pdf - 113 kB). Cookie prreferences St…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2019: Schedule The summer school will start on Monday the 1st of July in the morning and will end on Friday the 5th of July in the afternoon. You can find a detailed schedule here (pdf - 112 kB). Cookie prreferences S…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2019: Content description Involutions on central simple algebras give rise to algebraic groups and to a particular type of varieties. Many concepts and statements from the theory of quadratic forms over fields can be …

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2017: Content description The Hasse-Minkowski Theorem states that a quadratic form over a number field is isotropic (i.e. it represents zero non-trivially) if and only if it is isotropic over all completions of the fi…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Content description The second edition of the summer school ALGAR is dedicated to the study of sums of squares in fields. In four lecture series and a few special talks we introduce the audience to the necessary…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2019: Algebras with involution Lecturers: Raman Parimala (Emory University, Atlanta, USA) Anne Quéguiner-Mathieu (Université Paris XIII France) Jean-Pierre Tignol (UC Louvain, Belgium) Thomas Unger (UC Dublin, Irela…

Karim Johannes Becher hoogleraar Onderwijs Karim Johannes Becher 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2025-2026 Algebra I - Groepen Algebra I - Groepen Studiegidsnr: 1001WETGRC Bachelor in de wiskunde Central Simple Algebras and involutions Central Simple Algebras and involutions Studiegidsnr: 2000WETALI M…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2020:Valuations, quadratic forms and definability Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and can not be switched off. They are generally defined onl…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Sums of squares in fields Lecturers: Eberhard Becker (TU Dortmund, Germany) David Grimm (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) Yong Hu (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China) David Leep…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2017: Quadratic forms and local-global principles Speakers Lecturers: Raman Parimala (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States) Suresh Venapally (Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States) Asher Auel (Yale Univ…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2021: Systems of quadratic forms over arithmetic fields The 2021 ALGAR summer school was dedicated to the study of systems of quadratic forms over fields arising in number theory. This included a discussion of the pyt…

Wiskunde Studieprogramma van de afstudeerrichting fundamentele wiskunde Studieprogramma van de afstudeerrichting fundamentele wiskunde De studiepunten (sp) geven je een goed beeld van de tijd die je zal besteden aan je opleiding en aan elk opleidingsonderdeel. Per studiepunt moet je rekenen op 25 to…

Pure Mathematics search menu search content Past scientific events in Antwerp Algebra and non-commutative algebraic geometry 2025 Summer School on Higher Structures and Mirror Symmetry, 30 June - 10 July 2025, Antwerp Belgium ALGAR Introductory Days, 20-22 August 2025, Antwerp Belgium ALGAR Summer S…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Participants Physical attendance Name Institution Place Cédric Aïd University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Sylvy Anscombe Université de Paris Paris, France Karim Johannes Becher University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium Piot…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Schedule Time slot Thursday 17/08 Friday 18/08 Monday 21/08 Tuesday 22/08 Wednesday 23/08 Thursday 24/08 Friday 25/08 9h30 - 10h45 Workshop I Workshop III Daans I Izquierdo I Izquierdo II Mehmeti III Mehmeti IV 10h45 - 11h1…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content 2023 The ALGAR Summer School of 2023 was devoted to modern local-global principles for quadratic forms and their applications. Lecturers: Nicolas Daans (Charles University, Prague, Czechia) Diego Izquierdo (École Polytechn…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content 2025 In 2025, the ALGAR summer school was dedicated to Algebras with involution and linear algebraic groups. The main part of the summer school, in which some familiarity with these topics will be assumed, took place in the…