Contents

Introduction

About the Stieltjes Institute

Research Highlights

• String Theory: A happy marriage of Geometry and Physics
• Nonselfadjoint Problems
• Infinite-dimensional Likelihood Methods in Statistics
• Transient behaviour of Large Networks

Research Programmes

• Algebra and Geometry
• Analysis
• Stochastics
• Operations Research

International and National Programmes

• European Programmes
• National Programmes

Ph. D. Programme

• Stieltjes courses/educational activities in 1995/1996
• Stieltjes courses/educational activities in 1996/1997

Ph.D. Theses

Number of Researchers

Publications

• 1.1 Number Theory
• 1.2 Algebraic and Analytic Geometry
• 1.3 Topology and Dynamical Systems
• 1.4 Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science
• 2.1 Operator Theory and Applications
• 2.2 Lie Groups, Special Functions, Approximation Theory and Complex Analysis
• 2.3 Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
• 2.4 Numerical Analysis
• 3.1 Probablity
• 3.2 Statistics
• 4.1 Deterministic Optimization
• 4.2 Stochastic Operations Research

Workshops, Seminars a.o.

• Algebra and Geometry
• Analysis
• Stochastics
• Operations Research

Foreign Visitors

• Algebra and Geometry
• Analysis
• Stochastics
• Operations Research

Research Staff

• Algebra and Geometry
• Analysis
• Stochastics
• Operations Research

Organization of the Thomas Stieltjes Institute