Mathematical Institute of Charles University

The Mathematical Institute of Charles University was founded by Eduard Cech, an outstanding Czech topologist and geometer, in 1956. Originally it was oriented mainly towards research and postdoctoral studies. At present the research and the teaching activities are more balanced. Nowadays its members contribute to three fields of research :

* differential geometry
* potential theory
* mathematical modelling in physics
* history of mathematics

The members of the Institute regularly (co)organize traditional conferences and schools ( Topological Symposia, EQUADIFF, Conferences on Potential Theory, Winter Schools "Geometry and Physics", resp."Mathematics of mechanics of fluids").
A special subgroup in the Institute deals with the computer network of the Mathematical Section and the student's computer laboratory. The members of the Institute participate also on the publishing activities. One group is responsible for the traditional mathematical journal Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae (CMUC), founded by E. Cech in 1960 which seems to have found its place among highly ranked mathematical journals. Another one prepares the column Brief Reviews of the Newsletter of European Mathematical Society.