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3 November 2025: Schläfli lecture by Kathlén Kohn.

Teaching

Courses/Seminars

Algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2025.

Tropical geometry, a Master's course in Bern, Fall 2025.

Lineare Algebra II, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2025.

Quantum computing, a Master's seminar in Bern, Spring 2025.

Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2025, with Andrea Agazzi.

Lineare Algebra I, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2024.

Lie algebras, a Master's course in Bern, Fall 2024.

Algebraic statistics, a Master's seminar in Bern, Spring 2024.

Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2024, with Michael Vock.

Differentialgeometrie, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2024.

Varieties and algebraic groups, a Master's course in Bern, Fall 2023.

Algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2023.

Elementary number theory, group theory and Ramanujan graphs, a Master's seminar in Bern, Spring 2023, with Sebastian Baader.

Kombinatorik, Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2023, with David Ginsbourger.

Differentialgeometrie, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2023.

(No teaching in Fall 2022; sabbatical at IAS.)

An invitation to non-linear algebra, a Master's seminar in Bern, Spring 2022.

Algorithmen in der Algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2022.

Kombinatorik, Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2022, with Ilya Molchanov.

Associative algebras, a Master's course in Bern, Fall 2021.

Algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2021.

Tropical Geometry, a Master's course in Bern, Spring 2021.

Lineare Algebra II, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2021.

Kombinatorik, Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2021, with Ilya Molchanov.

Positive Polynomials, a Master's seminar in Bern, Fall 2020.

Lineare Algebra I, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2020.

Varieties and algebraic groups, a Master's/Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2020.

Mathematics for data science, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2020, with Christiane Tretter and Thomas Wihler.

Kombinatorik, Graphen und Spiele, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2020, with Johanna Ziegel and Ilya Molchanov.

Algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Fall 2019.

Mathematik für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, a Bachelor's service course in Bern, Fall 2019.

Algorithms in algebra, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2019.

Mathematik II für Naturwissenschaften, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2019.

Tensors: geometry and applications, a Master's seminar in Bern, Fall 2018 (title borrowed from Landsberg's book, from which we reviewed some of the basic concepts before students presented papers from the recent literature).

Mathematik für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, a Bachelor's service course in Bern, Fall 2018.

Representation Theory of Finite Groups, Bern, Spring 2018.

Gruppen und Körper, a Bachelor's Maths course in Bern, Fall 2017.

Mathematik für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, a Bachelor's service course in Bern, Fall 2017.

Varieties and algebraic groups, a Master's course in Bern, Spring 2017.

Mathematik II für Naturwissenschaften, a Bachelor's course in Bern, Spring 2017.

Applied algebraic geometry, a course for the Swiss Doctoral Program in Mathematics, Fall 2016 in Bern.

Algebraic topology, a Master's course in Bern, Fall 2016.

Multilinear algebra and applications, a first-year Master's course, Fall 2015; here's the rudimentary lecture notes.

Tropical Geometry, a Master's course at VU Amsterdam, Fall 2015.

Algorithmic Algebra and Number Theory, a third-year Bachelor's course, Fall 2015. Together with Benne de Weger. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Multilinear algebra and applications, a first-year Master's course (in English), Fall 2015. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Commutative algebra, a national Mastermath course, together with Rob de Jeu, Spring 2015.

Algebra and Geometry, a first-year Master's course, Spring 2015. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Algorithmic Algebra and Number Theory, a third-year Bachelor's course, Fall 2014. Together with Benne de Weger. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Linear and Bilinear Algebra (2WF04), a first-year Master's course (in English), Fall 2014. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Discrete Wiskunde 2, a third-year Bachelor's course, Spring 2014. Together with Benne de Weger. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Linear and Bilinear Algebra (2WF04), a first-year Master's course (in English), Fall 2013. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Discrete Wiskunde 2, a third-year Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2013. Together with Benne de Weger.

Linear and Bilinear Algebra (2WF04), a first-year Master's course (in English), Fall 2012. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Algebra 2 (2WF10), a second-year Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Fall 2012. Study guide, lecture notes, etc. to be found at Oase.

Discrete Wiskunde 2, a third-year Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2012. Together with Benne de Weger.

Lineaire Algebra, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2012. Together with Aart Blokhuis.

Linear and Bilinear Algebra, a first-year Master's course in Eindhoven, Fall 2011.

Lineaire Algebra, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2011. Together with Aart Blokhuis.

Discrete Wiskunde 2, a third-year Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2011. Together with Benne de Weger.

Linear and Bilinear Algebra, a first-year Master's course in Eindhoven, Autumn 2010.

Discrete Mathematics, a third-year Bachelor's course in Eindhoven, Spring 2010. Together with Benne de Weger.

Lineaire Algebra, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2010. Together with Aart Blokhuis.

Invariant Theory with Applications, a Master's course in Mastermath with Dion Gijswijt and Bart Frenk, Fall 2009.

Lineaire Afbeeldingen, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2009.

Discrete Mathematics, a third-year Bachelor's course in Eindhoven, Spring 2009. Together with Benne de Weger.

Lineaire Afbeeldingen, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2008.

Discrete Mathematics, a third-year Bachelor's course in Eindhoven, Spring 2008. Together with Benne de Weger.

Lineaire Afbeeldingen, a Bachelor's course (in Dutch), Spring 2007.

Discrete Structures, a Master's course for Mastermath, Spring 2007. Together with Aart Blokhuis and Hans Cuypers.

Discrete Mathematics, a third-year Bachelor's course in Eindhoven, Autumn 2006. Together with Benne de Weger.

Transformation groups, a Master's seminar at Basel, Winter 2004/2005.

Linear algebraic groups, a Master's course at Basel, Winter 2004/2005.

Vorkurs Mathematik for the new students of the Phil. II-department of the University of Basel, September 2004.

Vorkurs Mathematik for the new students of the Phil. II-department of the University of Basel, 6-10 October 2003

Proseminar, a second-year seminar for maths students, Basel, Winter 2002/2003, with Hanspeter Kraft.

Exercise classes

Algebra, a second/third-year course by David Masse course, Basel, Winter 2003/2004, with Vincent Bosser.

Topologie, a second/third-year course by Hanspeter Kraft, Basel, Summer 2003.