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Mathematik Master Information
Kernfächer
Für das Master-Diplom in Angewandter Mathematik ist die folgende Zusatzbedingung (nicht in myStudies ersichtlich) zu beachten: Mindestens 15 KP der erforderlichen 28 KP aus Kern- und Wahlfächern müssen aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik und weiteren anwendungsorientierten Gebieten stammen.
Kernfächer aus Bereichen der reinen Mathematik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3225-00LIntroduction to Lie Groups Information W8 KP4GP. D. Nelson
KurzbeschreibungTopological groups and Haar measure. Definition of Lie groups, examples of local fields and examples of discrete subgroups; basic properties; Lie subgroups. Lie algebras and relation with Lie groups: exponential map, adjoint representation. Semisimplicity, nilpotency, solvability, compactness: Killing form, Lie's and Engel's theorems. Definition of algebraic groups and relation with Lie groups.
LernzielThe goal is to have a broad though foundational knowledge of the theory of Lie groups and their associated Lie algebras with an emphasis on the algebraic and topological aspects of it.
LiteraturA. Knapp: "Lie groups beyond an Introduction" (Birkhaeuser)
A. Sagle & R. Walde: "Introduction to Lie groups and Lie algebras" (Academic Press, '73)
F. Warner: "Foundations of differentiable manifolds and Lie groups" (Springer)
H. Samelson: "Notes on Lie algebras" (Springer, '90)
S. Helgason: "Differential geometry, Lie groups and symmetric spaces" (Academic Press, '78)
A. Knapp: "Lie groups, Lie algebras and cohomology" (Princeton University Press)
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesTopology and basic notions of measure theory. A basic understanding of the concepts of manifold, tangent space and vector field is useful, but could also be achieved throughout the semester.

Course webpage: Link
401-3001-61LAlgebraic Topology I Information W8 KP4GA. Sisto
KurzbeschreibungThis is an introductory course in algebraic topology, which is the study of algebraic invariants of topological spaces. Topics covered include:
singular homology, cell complexes and cellular homology, the Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms.
Lernziel
Literatur1) A. Hatcher, "Algebraic topology",
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

Book can be downloaded for free at:
Link

See also:
Link

2) G. Bredon, "Topology and geometry",
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 139. Springer-Verlag, 1997.

3) E. Spanier, "Algebraic topology", Springer-Verlag
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesYou should know the basics of point-set topology.

Useful to have (though not absolutely necessary) basic knowledge of the fundamental group and covering spaces (at the level covered in the course "topology").

Some knowledge of differential geometry and differential topology is useful but not strictly necessary.

Some (elementary) group theory and algebra will also be needed.
401-3114-69LIntroduction to Algebraic Number Theory Information W8 KP3V + 1UÖ. Imamoglu
KurzbeschreibungThis is an introductory course in algebraic number theory covering algebraic integers, discriminant, ideal class group, Minkowski's theorem on the finiteness of the ideal class group, Dirichlet's unit theorem, ramification theory.
Lernziel
Inhaltalgebraic integers, discriminant, ideal class group, Minkowski's theorem on the finiteness of the ideal class group, Dirichlet's unit theorem, ramification theory.
401-3132-00LCommutative Algebra Information W10 KP4V + 1UE. Kowalski
KurzbeschreibungThis course provides an introduction to commutative algebra as a foundation for and first steps towards algebraic geometry.
LernzielWe shall cover approximately the material from
--- most of the textbook by Atiyah-MacDonald, or
--- the first half of the textbook by Bosch.
Topics include:
* Basics about rings, ideals and modules
* Localization
* Primary decomposition
* Integral dependence and valuations
* Noetherian rings
* Completions
* Basic dimension theory
LiteraturPrimary Reference:
1. "Introduction to Commutative Algebra" by M. F. Atiyah and I. G. Macdonald (Addison-Wesley Publ., 1969)
Secondary Reference:
2. "Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra" by S. Bosch (Springer 2013)
Tertiary References:
3. "Commutative algebra. With a view towards algebraic geometry" by D. Eisenbud (GTM 150, Springer Verlag, 1995)
4. "Commutative ring theory" by H. Matsumura (Cambridge University Press 1989)
5. "Commutative Algebra" by N. Bourbaki (Hermann, Masson, Springer)
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites: Algebra I (or a similar introduction to the basic concepts of ring theory).
Kernfächer aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik ...
vollständiger Titel: Kernfächer aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik und weiteren anwendungsorientierten Gebieten
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3651-00LNumerical Analysis for Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations Information
Course audience at ETH:
3rd year ETH BSc Mathematics and MSc Mathematics and MSc Applied Mathematics students.
Other ETH-students are advised to attend the course
"Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations" (401-0674-00L) in the CSE curriculum during the spring semester.
W10 KP4V + 1UC. Schwab
KurzbeschreibungThis course gives a comprehensive introduction into the numerical treatment of linear and nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems, related eigenvalue problems and linear, parabolic evolution problems. Emphasis is on theory and the foundations of numerical methods. Practical exercises include MATLAB implementations of finite element methods.
LernzielParticipants of the course should become familiar with
* concepts underlying the discretization of elliptic and parabolic boundary value problems
* analytical techniques for investigating the convergence of numerical methods for the approximate solution of boundary value problems
* methods for the efficient solution of discrete boundary value problems
* implementational aspects of the finite element method
InhaltThe course will address the mathematical analysis of numerical solution methods
for linear and nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations.
Functional analytic and algebraic (De Rham complex) tools will be provided.
Primal, mixed and nonstandard (discontinuous Galerkin, Virtual, Trefftz) discretizations will be analyzed.

Particular attention will be placed on developing mathematical foundations
(Regularity, Approximation theory) for a-priori convergence rate analysis.
A-posteriori error analysis and mathematical proofs of adaptivity and optimality
will be covered.
Implementations for model problems in MATLAB and python will illustrate the
theory.

A selection of the following topics will be covered:

* Elliptic boundary value problems
* Galerkin discretization of linear variational problems
* The primal finite element method
* Mixed finite element methods
* Discontinuous Galerkin Methods
* Boundary element methods
* Spectral methods
* Adaptive finite element schemes
* Singularly perturbed problems
* Sparse grids
* Galerkin discretization of elliptic eigenproblems
* Non-linear elliptic boundary value problems
* Discretization of parabolic initial boundary value problems
LiteraturBrenner, Susanne C.; Scott, L. Ridgway The mathematical theory of finite element methods. Third edition. Texts in Applied Mathematics, 15. Springer, New York, 2008. xviii+397 pp.

A. Ern and J.L. Guermond: Theory and Practice of Finite Element Methods,
Springer Applied Mathematical Sciences Vol. 159, Springer,
1st Ed. 2004, 2nd Ed. 2015.

R. Verfürth: A Posteriori Error Estimation Techniques for Finite Element Methods, Oxford University Press, 2013

Additional Literature:
D. Braess: Finite Elements, THIRD Ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, (2007).
(Also available in German.)

Brezis, Haim Functional analysis, Sobolev spaces and partial differential equations. Universitext. Springer, New York, 2011. xiv+599 pp.

D. A. Di Pietro and A. Ern, Mathematical Aspects of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods, vol. 69 SMAI Mathématiques et Applications,
Springer, 2012 [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22980-0]

V. Thomee: Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Parabolic Problems,
SECOND Ed., Springer Verlag (2006).
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPractical exercises based on MATLAB

Former title of the course unit: Numerical Methods for Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations
401-3621-00LFundamentals of Mathematical Statistics Information W10 KP4V + 1US. van de Geer
KurzbeschreibungThe course covers the basics of inferential statistics.
Lernziel
401-3622-00LStatistical Modelling Information W8 KP4GC. Heinze-Deml
KurzbeschreibungIn der Regression wird die Abhängigkeit einer zufälligen Response-Variablen von anderen Variablen untersucht. Wir betrachten die Theorie der linearen Regression mit einer oder mehreren Ko-Variablen, hoch-dimensionale lineare Modelle, nicht-lineare Modelle und verallgemeinerte lineare Modelle, Robuste Methoden, Modellwahl und nicht-parametrische Modelle.
LernzielEinführung in Theorie und Praxis eines umfassenden und vielbenutzten Teilgebiets der Statistik, unter Berücksichtigung neuerer Entwicklungen.
InhaltIn der Regression wird die Abhängigkeit einer beobachteten quantitativen Grösse von einer oder mehreren anderen (unter Berücksichtigung zufälliger Fehler) untersucht. Themen der Vorlesung sind: Einfache und multiple Regression, Theorie allgemeiner linearer Modelle, Hoch-dimensionale Modelle, Ausblick auf nichtlineare Modelle. Querverbindungen zur Varianzanalyse, Modellsuche, Residuenanalyse; Einblicke in Robuste Regression. Durchrechnung und Diskussion von Anwendungsbeispielen.
SkriptVorlesungsskript
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis is the course unit with former course title "Regression".
Credits cannot be recognised for both courses 401-3622-00L Statistical Modelling and 401-0649-00L Applied Statistical Regression in the Mathematics Bachelor and Master programmes (to be precise: one course in the Bachelor and the other course in the Master is also forbidden).
401-4889-00LMathematical Finance Information W11 KP4V + 2UJ. Teichmann
KurzbeschreibungAdvanced course on mathematical finance:
- semimartingales and general stochastic integration
- absence of arbitrage and martingale measures
- fundamental theorem of asset pricing
- option pricing and hedging
- hedging duality
- optimal investment problems
- additional topics
LernzielAdvanced course on mathematical finance, presupposing good knowledge in probability theory and stochastic calculus (for continuous processes)
InhaltThis is an advanced course on mathematical finance for students with a good background in probability. We want to give an overview of main concepts, questions and approaches, and we do this mostly in continuous-time models.

Topics include
- semimartingales and general stochastic integration
- absence of arbitrage and martingale measures
- fundamental theorem of asset pricing
- option pricing and hedging
- hedging duality
- optimal investment problems
- and probably others
SkriptThe course is based on different parts from different books as well as on original research literature.

Lecture notes will not be available.
Literatur(will be updated later)
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites are the standard courses
- Probability Theory (for which lecture notes are available)
- Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus (for which lecture notes are available)
Those students who already attended "Introduction to Mathematical Finance" will have an advantage in terms of ideas and concepts.

This course is the second of a sequence of two courses on mathematical finance. The first course "Introduction to Mathematical Finance" (MF I), 401-3888-00, focuses on models in finite discrete time. It is advisable that the course MF I is taken prior to the present course, MF II.

For an overview of courses offered in the area of mathematical finance, see Link.
401-3901-00LMathematical Optimization Information W11 KP4V + 2UR. Zenklusen
KurzbeschreibungMathematical treatment of diverse optimization techniques.
LernzielThe goal of this course is to get a thorough understanding of various classical mathematical optimization techniques with an emphasis on polyhedral approaches. In particular, we want students to develop a good understanding of some important problem classes in the field, of structural mathematical results linked to these problems, and of solution approaches based on this structural understanding.
InhaltKey topics include:
- Linear programming and polyhedra;
- Flows and cuts;
- Combinatorial optimization problems and techniques;
- Equivalence between optimization and separation;
- Brief introduction to Integer Programming.
Literatur- Bernhard Korte, Jens Vygen: Combinatorial Optimization. 6th edition, Springer, 2018.
- Alexander Schrijver: Combinatorial Optimization: Polyhedra and Efficiency. Springer, 2003. This work has 3 volumes.
- Ravindra K. Ahuja, Thomas L. Magnanti, James B. Orlin. Network Flows: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications. Prentice Hall, 1993.
- Alexander Schrijver: Theory of Linear and Integer Programming. John Wiley, 1986.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesSolid background in linear algebra.
Bachelor-Kernfächer aus Bereichen der reinen Mathematik
Nebst weiteren Einschränkungen gilt:
Die Anrechnung von 401-3531-00L Differentialgeometrie I / Differential Geometry I im Master-Studiengang ist nur dann zulässig, wenn 401-3532-00L Differentialgeometrie II / Differential Geometry II nicht für den Bachelor-Studiengang angerechnet wurde.
Ebenso für:
401-3461-00L Funktionalanalysis I / Functional Analysis I - 401-3462-00L Funktionalanalysis II / Functional Analysis II
401-3001-61L Algebraische Topologie I / Algebraic Topology I - 401-3002-12L Algebraische Topologie II / Algebraic Topology II
401-3132-00L Kommutative Algebra / Commutative Algebra - 401-3146-12L Algebraische Geometrie / Algebraic Geometry
Wenden Sie sich für die Kategoriezuordnung nach dem Verfügen des Prüfungsresultates an das Studiensekretariat (Link).
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3461-00LFunctional Analysis I Information
Höchstens eines der drei Bachelor-Kernfächer
401-3461-00L Funktionalanalysis I / Functional Analysis I
401-3531-00L Differentialgeometrie I / Differential Geometry I
401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory
ist im Master-Studiengang Mathematik anrechenbar.
E-10 KP4V + 1UM. Struwe
KurzbeschreibungBaire category; Banach and Hilbert spaces, bounded linear operators; basic principles: Uniform boundedness, open mapping/closed graph theorem, Hahn-Banach; convexity; dual spaces; weak and weak* topologies; Banach-Alaoglu; reflexive spaces; compact operators and Fredholm theory; closed range theorem; spectral theory of self-adjoint operators in Hilbert spaces.
LernzielAcquire a good degree of fluency with the fundamental concepts and tools belonging to the realm of linear Functional Analysis, with special emphasis on the geometric structure of Banach and Hilbert spaces, and on the basic properties of linear maps.
LiteraturWe will be using the Lecture Notes on

"Funktionalanalysis I" by Michael Struwe.

Other useful, and recommended references include the following books:

Haim Brezis: "Functional analysis, Sobolev spaces and partial differential equations". Springer, 2011.

Manfred Einsiedler and Thomas Ward: "Functional Analysis, Spectral Theory, and Applications", Graduate Text in Mathematics 276. Springer, 2017.

Peter D. Lax: "Functional analysis". Pure and Applied Mathematics (New York). Wiley-Interscience [John Wiley & Sons], New York, 2002.

Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi: "Functional analysis" (volume 4 of Princeton Lectures in Analysis). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2011.

Walter Rudin: "Functional analysis". International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, second edition, 1991.

Dirk Werner, "Funktionalanalysis". Springer-Lehrbuch, 8. Auflage. Springer, 2018
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesSolid background on the content of all Mathematics courses of the first two years of the undergraduate curriculum at ETH (most remarkably: fluency with measure theory, Lebesgue integration and L^p spaces).
401-3531-00LDifferential Geometry I Information
Höchstens eines der drei Bachelor-Kernfächer
401-3461-00L Funktionalanalysis I / Functional Analysis I
401-3531-00L Differentialgeometrie I / Differential Geometry I
401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory
ist im Master-Studiengang Mathematik anrechenbar.
E-10 KP4V + 1UU. Lang
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to differential geometry and differential topology. Contents: Curves, (hyper-)surfaces in R^n, geodesics, curvature, Theorema Egregium, Theorem of Gauss-Bonnet. Hyperbolic space. Differentiable manifolds, immersions and embeddings, Sard's Theorem, mapping degree and intersection number, vector bundles, vector fields and flows, differential forms, Stokes' Theorem.
Lernziel
SkriptPartial lecture notes are available from Link
LiteraturDifferential geometry in R^n:
- Manfredo P. do Carmo: Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
- Wolfgang Kühnel: Differentialgeometrie. Kurven-Flächen-Mannigfaltigkeiten
- Christian Bär: Elementare Differentialgeometrie
Differential topology:
- Dennis Barden & Charles Thomas: An Introduction to Differential Manifolds
- Victor Guillemin & Alan Pollack: Differential Topology
- Morris W. Hirsch: Differential Topology
401-3371-00LDynamical Systems IW10 KP4V + 1UW. Merry
KurzbeschreibungThis course is a broad introduction to dynamical systems. Topic covered include topological dynamics, ergodic theory and low-dimensional dynamics.
LernzielMastery of the basic methods and principal themes of some aspects of dynamical systems.
InhaltTopics covered include:

1. Topological dynamics
(transitivity, attractors, chaos, structural stability)

2. Ergodic theory
(Poincare recurrence theorem, Birkhoff ergodic theorem, existence of invariant measures)

3. Low-dimensional dynamics
(Poincare rotation number, dynamical systems on [0,1])
LiteraturThe most relevant textbook for this course is

Introduction to Dynamical Systems, Brin and Stuck, CUP, 2002.

I will also produce full lecture notes, available from my website

Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe material of the basic courses of the first two years of the program at ETH is assumed. In particular, you should be familiar with metric spaces and elementary measure theory.
Bachelor-Kernfächer aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik ..
Nebst weiteren Einschränkungen gilt:
Die Anrechnung von 401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory im Master-Studiengang ist nur dann zulässig, wenn weder 401-3642-00L Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus noch 401-3602-00L Applied Stochastic Processes für den Bachelor-Studiengang angerechnet wurde.
Ausserdem ist 402-0205-00L Quantenmechanik I als angewandtes Kernfach anrechenbar, aber nur unter der Bedingung, dass 402-0224-00L Theoretische Physik (letztmals im FS 2016 angeboten) nicht angerechnet wird oder wurde (weder im Bachelor- noch im Master-Studiengang).
Wenden Sie sich für die Kategoriezuordnung nach dem Verfügen des Prüfungsresultates an das Studiensekretariat (Link).
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3601-00LProbability Theory Information
Höchstens eines der drei Bachelor-Kernfächer
401-3461-00L Funktionalanalysis I / Functional Analysis I
401-3531-00L Differentialgeometrie I / Differential Geometry I
401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory
ist im Master-Studiengang Mathematik anrechenbar.
E-10 KP4V + 1UA.‑S. Sznitman
KurzbeschreibungBasics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time
LernzielThis course presents the basics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time. The following topics are planned:
Basics in measure theory, random series, law of large numbers, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit theorem, conditional expectation, martingales, convergence theorems for martingales, Galton Watson chain, transition probability, Theorem of Ionescu Tulcea, Markov chains.
InhaltThis course presents the basics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time. The following topics are planned:
Basics in measure theory, random series, law of large numbers, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit theorem, conditional expectation, martingales, convergence theorems for martingales, Galton Watson chain, transition probability, Theorem of Ionescu Tulcea, Markov chains.
Skriptavailable, will be sold in the course
LiteraturR. Durrett, Probability: Theory and examples, Duxbury Press 1996
H. Bauer, Probability Theory, de Gruyter 1996
J. Jacod and P. Protter, Probability essentials, Springer 2004
A. Klenke, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Springer 2006
D. Williams, Probability with martingales, Cambridge University Press 1991
402-0205-00LQuantenmechanik I Information W10 KP3V + 2UG. Blatter
KurzbeschreibungEinfuehrung in die Quantentheorie: Wellenmechanik, Schroedingergleichung, Drehimpuls, Zentralkraftprobleme, Potentialstreuung, Spin. Allgemeine Struktur der Quantentheorie: Hilbertraeume, Zustaende und Observable, Bewegungsgleichung,
Dichtematrizen, Symmetrien, Heisenberg- und Wechselwirkungs Bild. Naeherungsmethoden: Stoerungstheorie, Variations-Verfahren, quasi-Klassik.
LernzielEinführung in die Einteilchen Quantenmechanik. Beherrschung grundlegender Ideen (Quantisierung, Operatorformalismus, Symmetrien, Drehimpuls, Störungstheorie) und generischer Beispiele und Anwendungen (gebundene Zustände, Tunneleffekt, Wasserstoffatom, harmonischer Oszillator). Fähigkeit zur Lösung einfacher Probleme.
InhaltFeynmansche Pfadintegrale fuehren uns von der klassischen- zur Quantenmechanik, ihre infinitesimale Zeitentwicklung fuehrt auf den Operator Formalismus (Schroedinger Gleichung, Dirac Formalismus). Die Einteilchen-Quantenmechanik wird entwickelt anhand von ein-dimensionalen Problemen (gebundene Zustaende, Streuprobleme, Tunneleffekt, Resonanzen, periodische und ungeordnete Potential). Der Einfuehrung von Drehungen und dem Drehimpuls folgen die Diskussion von Zentralpotentialen, Streuprobleme in drei Dimensionen, Spin, und Drehimpuls/Spin Addition. Verschiedene Bilder (Schroedinger, Heisenberg, Dirac) werden in der Diskussion approximativer Loesungenmethoden (Variationsrechnung, Stoerungstheorie, Quasiklassik/WKB)
benutzt.
SkriptAuf Moodle, in deutscher Sprache
LiteraturG. Baim, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
E. Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics
L.I. Schiff, Quantum Mechanics
R. Feynman and A.R. Hibbs, Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals
J.J. Sakurai: Modern Quantum Mechanics
A. Messiah: Quantum Mechanics I
S. Weinberg: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
Wahlfächer
Für das Master-Diplom in Angewandter Mathematik ist die folgende Zusatzbedingung (nicht in myStudies ersichtlich) zu beachten: Mindestens 15 KP der erforderlichen 28 KP aus Kern- und Wahlfächern müssen aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik und weiteren anwendungsorientierten Gebieten stammen.
Wahlfächer aus Bereichen der reinen Mathematik
Auswahl: Algebra, Zahlentheorie, Topologie, diskrete Mathematik, Logik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3033-00LDie Gödel'schen SätzeW8 KP3V + 1UL. Halbeisen
KurzbeschreibungDie Vorlesung besteht aus drei Teilen:
Teil I gibt eine Einführung in die Syntax und Semantik der Prädikatenlogik erster Stufe.
Teil II behandelt den Gödel'schen Vollständigkeitssatz
Teil III behandelt die Gödel'schen Unvollständigkeitssätze
LernzielDas Ziel dieser Vorlesung ist ein fundiertes Verständnis der Grundlagen der Mathematik zu vermitteln.
InhaltSyntax und Semantik der Prädikatenlogik
Gödel'scher Vollständigkeitssatz
Gödel'sche Unvollständigkeitssätze
LiteraturErgänzende Literatur wird in der Vorlesung angegeben.
401-4037-69LO-Minimality and Diophantine ApplicationsW4 KP2VA. Forey
KurzbeschreibungO-minimal structures provide a framework for tame topology as envisioned by Grothendieck. Originally it was mainly a topic of interest for real algebraic geometers. However, since Pila and Wilkie proved their counting theorem for rational points of bounded height, many applications to diophantine and algebraic geometry have been found.
LernzielThe overall goal of this course is to provide an introduction to o-minimality and to prove results needed for diophantine applications.
InhaltThe first part of the course will be devoted to the definition of o-minimal structures and to prove the cell decomposition theorem, which is crucial for describing the shape of subsets of an o-minimal structure. In the second part of the course, we will prove the Pila-Wilkie counting theorem. The last part will be devoted to diophantine applications, with the proof by Pila and Zanier of the Manin-Mumford conjecture and, if time permit, a sketch of the proof by Pila of the André-Oort conjecture for product of modular curves.
LiteraturG. Jones and A. Wilkie: O-minimality and diophantine geometry, Cambridge University Press
L. van den Dries: Tame topology and o-minimal structures, Cambridge University Press
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis course is appropriate for people with basic knowledge of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. Knowledge of mathematical logic is welcomed but not required.
401-4117-69Lp-Adic Galois RepresentationsW4 KP2VM. Mornev
KurzbeschreibungThis course covers the structure theory of Galois groups of local fields, the rings of Witt vectors, the classification of p-adic representations via phi-modules, the tilting construction from the theory of perfectoid spaces, the ring of de Rham periods and the notion of a de Rham representation.
LernzielUnderstanding the construction of the ring of de Rham periods.
InhaltIn addition to the subjects mentioned in the abstract the course included the basic theory of local fields, l-adic local Galois representations, an oveview of perfectoid fields, the statements of the theorems of Fontaine-Winterberger and Faltings-Tsuji.
LiteraturJ.-M. Fontaine, Y. Ouyang. Theory of p-adic Galois representations.
O. Brinon, B. Conrad. CMI summer school notes on p-adic Hodge theory.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesGeneral topology, linear algebra, Galois theory.
401-3059-00LKombinatorik IIW4 KP2GN. Hungerbühler
KurzbeschreibungDer Kurs Kombinatorik I und II ist eine Einführung in die abzählende Kombinatorik.
LernzielDie Studierenden sind in der Lage, kombinatorische Probleme einzuordnen und die adaequaten Techniken zu deren Loesung anzuwenden.
InhaltInhalt der Vorlesungen Kombinatorik I und II: Kongruenztransformationen der Ebene, Symmetriegruppen von geometrischen Figuren, Eulersche Funktion, Cayley-Graphen, formale Potenzreihen, Permutationsgruppen, Zyklen, Lemma von Burnside, Zyklenzeiger, Saetze von Polya, Anwendung auf die Graphentheorie und isomere Molekuele.
Auswahl: Geometrie
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-4531-69LFour-ManifoldsW4 KP2VG. Smirnov
KurzbeschreibungMaking use of theoretical physics methods, Witten came up with a novel approach to four-dimensional smooth structures, which made the constructing of exotic 4-manifolds somewhat routine. Today, Seiberg-Witten theory has become a classical topic in mathematics, which has a variety of applications to complex and symplectic geometry. We will go through some of these applications.
LernzielThis introductory course has but one goal, namely to familiarize the students with the basics in the Seiberg-Witten theory.
InhaltThe course will begin with an introduction to Freedman’s classification theorem for simply-connected topological 4-manifolds. We then will move to the Seiberg-Witten equations and prove the Donaldson theorem of positive-definite intersection forms. Time permitting we may discuss some applications of SW-theory to real symplectic 4-manifolds.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesSome knowledge of homology, homotopy, vector bundles, moduli spaces of something, elliptic operators would be an advantage.
401-3057-00LEndliche Geometrien II
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
W4 KP2GN. Hungerbühler
KurzbeschreibungEndliche Geometrien I, II: Endliche Geometrien verbinden Aspekte der Geometrie mit solchen der diskreten Mathematik und der Algebra endlicher Körper. Inbesondere werden Modelle der Inzidenzaxiome konstruiert und Schliessungssätze der Geometrie untersucht. Anwendungen liegen im Bereich der Statistik, der Theorie der Blockpläne und der Konstruktion orthogonaler lateinischer Quadrate.
LernzielEndliche Geometrien I, II: Die Studierenden sind in der Lage, Modelle endlicher Geometrien zu konstruieren und zu analysieren. Sie kennen die Schliessungssätze der Inzidenzgeometrie und können mit Hilfe der Theorie statistische Tests entwerfen sowie orthogonale lateinische Quadrate konstruieren. Sie sind vertraut mit Elementen der Theorie der Blockpläne.
InhaltEndliche Geometrien I, II: Endliche Körper, Polynomringe, endliche affine Ebenen, Axiome der Inzidenzgeometrie, Eulersches Offiziersproblem, statistische Versuchsplanung, orthogonale lateinische Quadrate, Transformationen endlicher Ebenen, Schliessungsfiguren von Desargues und Pappus-Pascal, Hierarchie der Schliessungsfiguren, endliche Koordinatenebenen, Schiefkörper, endliche projektive Ebenen, Dualitätsprinzip, endliche Möbiusebenen, selbstkorrigierende Codes, Blockpläne
Literatur- Max Jeger, Endliche Geometrien, ETH Skript 1988

- Albrecht Beutelspacher: Einführung in die endliche Geometrie I,II. Bibliographisches Institut 1983

- Margaret Lynn Batten: Combinatorics of Finite Geometries. Cambridge University Press

- Dembowski: Finite Geometries.
Auswahl: Analysis
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-4351-69LOptimal TransportW4 KP2VA. Figalli
KurzbeschreibungIn this course I plan to give an introduction to optimal transport: I'll first introduce the optimal transport problem and explain how to solve it in some important cases of interest. Then I'll show a series of applications to geometry and to gradient flows.
LernzielThe aim of the course is to provide a self contained introduction to optimal transport. The students are expected to know the basic concepts of measure theory. Although not strictly required, some basic knowledge of Riemannian geometry may be useful.
LiteraturTopics in Optimal Transportation (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 58), by Cédric Villani

Optimal Transport for Applied Mathematicians (Calculus of Variations, PDEs, and Modeling), by Filippo Santambrogio

Optimal transport and curvature, available at
Link
401-4461-69LReading Course: Functional Analysis III, Unitary Representations
Limited number of participants.
Please contact Link
W3 KP6AM. Einsiedler, weitere Referent/innen
Kurzbeschreibung
Lernziel
Auswahl: Weitere Gebiete
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3502-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W2 KP4ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-3503-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W3 KP6ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-3504-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W4 KP9ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-0000-00LCommunication in MathematicsW2 KP1VW. Merry
KurzbeschreibungDon't hide your Next Great Theorem behind bad writing.

This course teaches fundamental communication skills in mathematics: how to write clearly and how to structure mathematical content for different audiences, from theses, to preprints, to personal statements in applications. In addition, the course will help you establish a working knowledge of LaTeX.
LernzielKnowing how to present written mathematics in a structured and clear manner.
InhaltTopics covered include:

- Language conventions and common errors.
- How to write a thesis (more generally, a mathematics paper).
- How to use LaTeX.
- How to write a personal statement for Masters and PhD applications.
SkriptFull lecture notes will be made available on my website:

Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThere are no formal mathematical prerequisites.
401-0000-99LCommunication in Mathematics (Upgrade 2018 → 2019)
This course unit is only for students who got 1 ECTS credit from last year's course unit 401-0000-00L CiM. (Registration now closed.)
W1 KP1VW. Merry
KurzbeschreibungDon't hide your Next Great Theorem behind bad writing.

This course teaches fundamental communication skills in mathematics: how to write clearly and how to structure mathematical content for different audiences, from theses, to preprints, to personal statements in applications. In addition, the course will help you establish a working knowledge of LaTeX.
LernzielKnowing how to present written mathematics in a structured and clear manner.
InhaltTopics covered include:

- Language conventions and common errors.
- How to write a thesis (more generally, a mathematics paper).
- How to use LaTeX.
- How to write a personal statement for Masters and PhD applications.
SkriptFull lecture notes will be made available on my website:

Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThere are no formal mathematical prerequisites.
Wahlfächer aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik ...
vollständiger Titel:
Wahlfächer aus Bereichen der angewandten Mathematik und weiteren anwendungsorientierten Gebieten
Auswahl: Numerische Mathematik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-4657-00LNumerical Analysis of Stochastic Ordinary Differential Equations Information
Alternative course title: "Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance: Monte Carlo and Sampling Methods"
W6 KP3V + 1UK. Kirchner
KurzbeschreibungCourse on numerical approximations of stochastic ordinary differential equations driven by Wiener processes. These equations have several applications, for example in financial option valuation. This course also contains an introduction to random number generation and Monte Carlo methods for random variables.
LernzielThe aim of this course is to enable the students to carry out simulations and their mathematical convergence analysis for stochastic models originating from applications such as mathematical finance. For this the course teaches a decent knowledge of the different numerical methods, their underlying ideas, convergence properties and implementation issues.
InhaltGeneration of random numbers
Monte Carlo methods for the numerical integration of random variables
Stochastic processes and Brownian motion
Stochastic ordinary differential equations (SODEs)
Numerical approximations of SODEs
Applications to computational finance: Option valuation
SkriptThere will be English, typed lecture notes for registered participants in the course.
LiteraturP. Glassermann:
Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering.
Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004.

P. E. Kloeden and E. Platen:
Numerical Solution of Stochastic Differential Equations.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1992.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites:

Mandatory: Probability and measure theory,
basic numerical analysis and
basics of MATLAB programming.

a) mandatory courses:
Elementary Probability,
Probability Theory I.

b) recommended courses:
Stochastic Processes.

Start of lectures: Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
401-4785-00LMathematical and Computational Methods in PhotonicsW8 KP4GH. Ammari
KurzbeschreibungThe aim of this course is to review new and fundamental mathematical tools, computational approaches, and inversion and optimal design methods used to address challenging problems in nanophotonics. The emphasis will be on analyzing plasmon resonant nanoparticles, super-focusing & super-resolution of electromagnetic waves, photonic crystals, electromagnetic cloaking, metamaterials, and metasurfaces
LernzielThe field of photonics encompasses the fundamental science of light propagation and interactions in complex structures, and its technological applications.

The recent advances in nanoscience present great challenges for the applied and computational mathematics community. In nanophotonics, the aim is to control, manipulate, reshape, guide, and focus electromagnetic waves at nanometer length scales, beyond the resolution limit. In particular, one wants to break the resolution limit by reducing the focal spot and confine light to length scales that are significantly smaller than half the wavelength.

Interactions between the field of photonics and mathematics has led to the emergence of a multitude of new and unique solutions in which today's conventional technologies are approaching their limits in terms of speed, capacity and accuracy. Light can be used for detection and measurement in a fast, sensitive and accurate manner, and thus photonics possesses a unique potential to revolutionize healthcare. Light-based technologies can be used effectively for the very early detection of diseases, with non-invasive imaging techniques or point-of-care applications. They are also instrumental in the analysis of processes at the molecular level, giving a greater understanding of the origin of diseases, and hence allowing prevention along with new treatments. Photonic technologies also play a major role in addressing the needs of our ageing society: from pace-makers to synthetic bones, and from endoscopes to the micro-cameras used in in-vivo processes. Furthermore, photonics are also used in advanced lighting technology, and in improving energy efficiency and quality. By using photonic media to control waves across a wide band of wavelengths, we have an unprecedented ability to fabricate new materials with specific microstructures.

The main objective in this course is to report on the use of sophisticated mathematics in diffractive optics, plasmonics, super-resolution, photonic crystals, and metamaterials for electromagnetic invisibility and cloaking. The book merges highly nontrivial multi-mathematics in order to make a breakthrough in the field of mathematical modelling, imaging, and optimal design of optical nanodevices and nanostructures capable of light enhancement, and of the focusing and guiding of light at a subwavelength scale. We demonstrate the power of layer potential techniques in solving challenging problems in photonics, when they are combined with asymptotic analysis and the elegant theory of Gohberg and Sigal on meromorphic operator-valued functions.

In this course we shall consider both analytical and computational matters in photonics. The issues we consider lead to the investigation of fundamental problems in various branches of mathematics. These include asymptotic analysis, spectral analysis, mathematical imaging, optimal design, stochastic modelling, and analysis of wave propagation phenomena. On the other hand, deriving mathematical foundations, and new and efficient computational frameworks and tools in photonics, requires a deep understanding of the different scales in the wave propagation problem, an accurate mathematical modelling of the nanodevices, and fine analysis of complex wave propagation phenomena. An emphasis is put on mathematically analyzing plasmon resonant nanoparticles, diffractive optics, photonic crystals, super-resolution, and metamaterials.
Auswahl: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Statistik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-4597-67LRandom Walks on Transitive Graphs Information W4 KP2VV. Tassion
KurzbeschreibungIn this course, we will present modern topics at the interface between probability and geometric group theory. We will be mainly focused on the random walk, and discuss its behavior depending on the geometric properties of the underlying graph.
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes- Probability Theory.
- Basic properties of Markov Chains.
- No prerequisite on group theory, all the background will be introduced in class.
401-4619-67LAdvanced Topics in Computational Statistics
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
W4 KP2Vkeine Angaben
KurzbeschreibungThis lecture covers selected advanced topics in computational statistics. This year the focus will be on graphical modelling.
LernzielStudents learn the theoretical foundations of the selected methods, as well as practical skills to apply these methods and to interpret their outcomes.
InhaltThe main focus will be on graphical models in various forms:
Markov properties of undirected graphs; Belief propagation; Hidden Markov Models; Structure estimation and parameter estimation; inference for high-dimensional data; causal graphical models
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesWe assume a solid background in mathematics, an introductory lecture in probability and statistics, and at least one more advanced course in statistics.
401-3628-14LBayesian StatisticsW4 KP2VF. Sigrist
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to the Bayesian approach to statistics: decision theory, prior distributions, hierarchical Bayes models, empirical Bayes, Bayesian tests and model selection, empirical Bayes, Laplace approximation, Monte Carlo and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.
LernzielStudents understand the conceptual ideas behind Bayesian statistics and are familiar with common techniques used in Bayesian data analysis.
InhaltTopics that we will discuss are:

Difference between the frequentist and Bayesian approach (decision theory, principles), priors (conjugate priors, noninformative priors, Jeffreys prior), tests and model selection (Bayes factors, hyper-g priors for regression),hierarchical models and empirical Bayes methods, computational methods (Laplace approximation, Monte Carlo and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods)
SkriptA script will be available in English.
LiteraturChristian Robert, The Bayesian Choice, 2nd edition, Springer 2007.

A. Gelman et al., Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd edition, Chapman & Hall (2013).

Additional references will be given in the course.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesFamiliarity with basic concepts of frequentist statistics and with basic concepts of probability theory (random variables, joint and conditional distributions, laws of large numbers and central limit theorem) will be assumed.
401-3619-69LMathematics Tools in Machine LearningW4 KP2GF. Balabdaoui
KurzbeschreibungThe course reviews many essential mathematical tools used in statistical learning. The lectures will cover the notions of hypotheses classes, sample complexity, PAC learnability, model validation and selection as well as results on several well-known algorithms and their convergence.
LernzielIn the exploding world of artifical intelligence and automated learning, there is an urgent need to go back to the basis of what is driving many of the well-establsihed methods in statistical learning. The students attending the lectures will get acquainted with the main theoretical results needed to establish the theory of statistical learning. We start with defining what is meant by learning a task, a training sample, the trade-off between choosing a big class of functions (hypotheses) to learn the task and the difficulty of estimating the unknown function (generating the observed sample). The course will also cover the notion of learnability and the conditions under which it is possible to learn a task. In a second part, the lectures will cover algoritmic apsects where some well-known algorithms will be described and their convergence proved.

Through the exerices classes, the students will deepen their understanding using their knowledge of the learned theory on some new situations, examples or some counterexamples.
InhaltThe course will cover the following subjects:

(*) Definition of Learning and Formal Learning Models

(*) Uniform Convergence

(*) Linear Predictors

(*) The Bias-Complexity Trade-off

(*) VC-classes and the VC dimension

(*) Model Selection and Validation

(*) Convex Learning Problems

(*) Regularization and Stability

(*) Stochastic Gradient Descent

(*) Support Vector Machines

(*) Kernels
LiteraturThe course will be based on the book

"Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms"
by S. Shalev-Shwartz and S. Ben-David, which is available online through the ETH electronic library.

Other good sources can be also read. This includes

(*) the book "Neural Network Learning: Theoretical Foundations" de Martin Anthony and Peter L. Bartlett. This book can be borrowed from the ETH library.

(*) the lectures notes on "Mathematics of Machine Learning" taught by Philippe Rigollet available through the OpenCourseWare website of MIT
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBeing able to follow the lectures requires a solid background in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistical. Notions in computations, convergence of algorithms can be helpful but are not required.
401-0625-01LApplied Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design Information W5 KP2V + 1UL. Meier
KurzbeschreibungPrinciples of experimental design, one-way analysis of variance, contrasts and multiple comparisons, multi-factor designs and analysis of variance, complete block designs, Latin square designs, random effects and mixed effects models, split-plot designs, incomplete block designs, two-series factorials and fractional designs, power.
LernzielParticipants will be able to plan and analyze efficient experiments in the fields of natural sciences. They will gain practical experience by using the software R.
InhaltPrinciples of experimental design, one-way analysis of variance, contrasts and multiple comparisons, multi-factor designs and analysis of variance, complete block designs, Latin square designs, random effects and mixed effects models, split-plot designs, incomplete block designs, two-series factorials and fractional designs, power.
LiteraturG. Oehlert: A First Course in Design and Analysis of Experiments, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2000.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe exercises, but also the classes will be based on procedures from the freely available, open-source statistical software R, for which an introduction will be held.
401-0649-00LApplied Statistical RegressionW5 KP2V + 1UM. Dettling
KurzbeschreibungThis course offers a practically oriented introduction into regression modeling methods. The basic concepts and some mathematical background are included, with the emphasis lying in learning "good practice" that can be applied in every student's own projects and daily work life. A special focus will be laid in the use of the statistical software package R for regression analysis.
LernzielThe students acquire advanced practical skills in linear regression analysis and are also familiar with its extensions to generalized linear modeling.
InhaltThe course starts with the basics of linear modeling, and then proceeds to parameter estimation, tests, confidence intervals, residual analysis, model choice, and prediction. More rarely touched but practically relevant topics that will be covered include variable transformations, multicollinearity problems and model interpretation, as well as general modeling strategies.

The last third of the course is dedicated to an introduction to generalized linear models: this includes the generalized additive model, logistic regression for binary response variables, binomial regression for grouped data and poisson regression for count data.
SkriptA script will be available.
LiteraturFaraway (2005): Linear Models with R
Faraway (2006): Extending the Linear Model with R
Draper & Smith (1998): Applied Regression Analysis
Fox (2008): Applied Regression Analysis and GLMs
Montgomery et al. (2006): Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe exercises, but also the classes will be based on procedures from the freely available, open-source statistical software package R, for which an introduction will be held.

In the Mathematics Bachelor and Master programmes, the two course units 401-0649-00L "Applied Statistical Regression" and 401-3622-00L "Statistical Modelling" are mutually exclusive. Registration for the examination of one of these two course units is only allowed if you have not registered for the examination of the other course unit.
401-3627-00LHigh-Dimensional StatisticsW4 KP2VP. L. Bühlmann
Kurzbeschreibung"High-Dimensional Statistics" deals with modern methods and theory for statistical inference when the number of unknown parameters is of much larger order than sample size. Statistical estimation and algorithms for complex models and aspects of multiple testing will be discussed.
LernzielKnowledge of methods and basic theory for high-dimensional statistical inference
InhaltLasso and Group Lasso for high-dimensional linear and generalized linear models; Additive models and many smooth univariate functions; Non-convex loss functions and l1-regularization; Stability selection, multiple testing and construction of p-values; Undirected graphical modeling
LiteraturPeter Bühlmann and Sara van de Geer (2011). Statistics for High-Dimensional Data: Methods, Theory and Applications. Springer Verlag.
ISBN 978-3-642-20191-2.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesKnowledge of basic concepts in probability theory, and intermediate knowledge of statistics (e.g. a course in linear models or computational statistics).
401-4623-00LTime Series Analysis
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
W6 KP3GN. Meinshausen
KurzbeschreibungStatistical analysis and modeling of observations in temporal order, which exhibit dependence. Stationarity, trend estimation, seasonal decomposition, autocorrelations,
spectral and wavelet analysis, ARIMA-, GARCH- and state space models. Implementations in the software R.
LernzielUnderstanding of the basic models and techniques used in time series analysis and their implementation in the statistical software R.
InhaltThis course deals with modeling and analysis of variables which change randomly in time. Their essential feature is the dependence between successive observations.
Applications occur in geophysics, engineering, economics and finance. Topics covered: Stationarity, trend estimation, seasonal decomposition, autocorrelations,
spectral and wavelet analysis, ARIMA-, GARCH- and state space models. The models and techniques are illustrated using the statistical software R.
SkriptNot available
LiteraturA list of references will be distributed during the course.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic knowledge in probability and statistics
401-3612-00LStochastic Simulation
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
W5 KP3G
KurzbeschreibungThis course provides an introduction to statistical Monte Carlo methods. This includes applications of simulations in various fields (Bayesian statistics, statistical mechanics, operations research, financial mathematics), algorithms for the generation of random variables (accept-reject, importance sampling), estimating the precision, variance reduction, introduction to Markov chain Monte Carlo.
LernzielStochastic simulation (also called Monte Carlo method) is the experimental analysis of a stochastic model by implementing it on a computer. Probabilities and expected values can be approximated by averaging simulated values, and the central limit theorem gives an estimate of the error of this approximation. The course shows examples of the many applications of stochastic simulation and explains different algorithms used for simulation. These algorithms are illustrated with the statistical software R.
InhaltExamples of simulations in different fields (computer science, statistics, statistical mechanics, operations research, financial mathematics). Generation of uniform random variables. Generation of random variables with arbitrary distributions (quantile transform, accept-reject, importance sampling), simulation of Gaussian processes and diffusions. The precision of simulations, methods for variance reduction. Introduction to Markov chains and Markov chain Monte Carlo (Metropolis-Hastings, Gibbs sampler, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, reversible jump MCMC).
SkriptA script will be available in English.
LiteraturP. Glasserman, Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering.
Springer 2004.

B. D. Ripley. Stochastic Simulation. Wiley, 1987.

Ch. Robert, G. Casella. Monte Carlo Statistical Methods.
Springer 2004 (2nd edition).
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesFamiliarity with basic concepts of probability theory (random variables, joint and conditional distributions, laws of large numbers and central limit theorem) will be assumed.
Auswahl: Finanz- und Versicherungsmathematik
In den Master-Studiengängen Mathematik bzw. Angewandte Mathematik ist auch 401-3913-01L Mathematical Foundations for Finance als Wahlfach anrechenbar, aber nur unter der Bedingung, dass 401-3888-00L Introduction to Mathematical Finance nicht angerechnet wird (weder im Bachelor- noch im Master-Studiengang). Wenden Sie sich für die Kategoriezuordnung nach dem Verfügen des Prüfungsresultates an das Studiensekretariat (Link).
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3925-00LNon-Life Insurance: Mathematics and Statistics Information W8 KP4V + 1UM. V. Wüthrich
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture aims at providing a basis in non-life insurance mathematics which forms a core subject of actuarial sciences. It discusses collective risk modeling, individual claim size modeling, approximations for compound distributions, ruin theory, premium calculation principles, tariffication with generalized linear models and neural networks, credibility theory, claims reserving and solvency.
LernzielThe student is familiar with the basics in non-life insurance mathematics and statistics. This includes the basic mathematical models for insurance liability modeling, pricing concepts, stochastic claims reserving models and ruin and solvency considerations.
InhaltThe following topics are treated:
Collective Risk Modeling
Individual Claim Size Modeling
Approximations for Compound Distributions
Ruin Theory in Discrete Time
Premium Calculation Principles
Tariffication
Generalized Linear Models and Neural Networks
Bayesian Models and Credibility Theory
Claims Reserving
Solvency Considerations
SkriptM. V. Wüthrich, Non-Life Insurance: Mathematics & Statistics
Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe exams ONLY take place during the official ETH examination period.

This course will be held in English and counts towards the diploma of "Aktuar SAV". For the latter, see details under Link.

Prerequisites: knowledge of probability theory, statistics and applied stochastic processes.
401-3922-00LLife Insurance MathematicsW4 KP2VM. Koller
KurzbeschreibungThe classical life insurance model is presented together with the important insurance types (insurance on one and two lives, term and endowment insurance and disability). Besides that the most important terms such as mathematical reserves are introduced and calculated. The profit and loss account and the balance sheet of a life insurance company is explained and illustrated.
Lernziel
401-3928-00LReinsurance AnalyticsW4 KP2VP. Antal, P. Arbenz
KurzbeschreibungThis course provides an introduction to reinsurance from an actuarial perspective. The objective is to understand the fundamentals of risk transfer through reinsurance and models for extreme events such as natural or man-made catastrophes. The lecture covers reinsurance contracts, Experience and Exposure pricing, natural catastrophe modelling, solvency regulation, and insurance linked securities
LernzielThis course provides an introduction to reinsurance from an actuarial perspective. The objective is to understand the fundamentals of risk transfer through reinsurance and the mathematical approaches associated with low frequency high severity events such as natural or man-made catastrophes.
Topics covered include:
- Reinsurance Contracts and Markets: Different forms of reinsurance, their mathematical representation, history of reinsurance, and lines of business.
- Experience Pricing: Modelling of low frequency high severity losses based on historical data, and analytical tools to describe and understand these models
- Exposure Pricing: Loss modelling based on exposure or risk profile information, for both property and casualty risks
- Natural Catastrophe Modelling: History, relevance, structure, and analytical tools used to model natural catastrophes in an insurance context
- Solvency Regulation: Regulatory capital requirements in relation to risks, effects of reinsurance thereon, and differences between the Swiss Solvency Test and Solvency 2
- Insurance linked securities: Alternative risk transfer techniques such as catastrophe bonds
InhaltThis course provides an introduction to reinsurance from an actuarial perspective. The objective is to understand the fundamentals of risk transfer through reinsurance and the mathematical approaches associated with low frequency high severity events such as natural or man-made catastrophes.
Topics covered include:
- Reinsurance Contracts and Markets: Different forms of reinsurance, their mathematical representation, history of reinsurance, and lines of business.
- Experience Pricing: Modelling of low frequency high severity losses based on historical data, and analytical tools to describe and understand these models
- Exposure Pricing: Loss modelling based on exposure or risk profile information, for both property and casualty risks
- Natural Catastrophe Modelling: History, relevance, structure, and analytical tools used to model natural catastrophes in an insurance context
- Solvency Regulation: Regulatory capital requirements in relation to risks, effects of reinsurance thereon, and differences between the Swiss Solvency Test and Solvency 2
- Insurance linked securities: Alternative risk transfer techniques such as catastrophe bonds
SkriptSlides and lecture notes will be made available.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic knowledge in statistics, probability theory, and actuarial techniques
401-3927-00LMathematical Modelling in Life InsuranceW4 KP2VT. J. Peter
KurzbeschreibungIn life insurance, it is essential to have adequate mortality tables, be it for reserving or pricing purposes. The course provides the tools necessary to create mortality tables from scratch. Additionally, we study various guarantees embedded in life insurance products and learn to price them with the help of stochastic models.
LernzielThe course's objective is to provide the students with the understanding and the tools to create mortality tables on their own.
Additionally, students should learn to price embedded options in life insurance. Aside of the mere application of specific models, they should develop an intuition for the various drivers of the value of these options.
InhaltFollowing main topics are covered:

1. Guarantees and options embedded in life insurance products.
- Stochastic valuation of participating contracts
- Stochastic valuation of Unit Linked contracts
2. Mortality Tables:
- Determining raw mortality rates
- Smoothing techniques: Whittaker-Henderson, smoothing splines,...
- Trends in mortality rates
- Stochastic mortality model due to Lee and Carter
- Neural Network extension of the Lee-Carter model
- Integration of safety margins
SkriptLectures notes and slides will be provided
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe exams ONLY take place during the official ETH examination period.

The course counts towards the diploma of "Aktuar SAV".

Good knowledge in probability theory and stochastic processes is assumed. Some knowledge in financial mathematics is useful.
Auswahl: Mathematische Physik, Theoretische Physik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
402-0843-00LQuantum Field Theory I
Fachstudierende UZH müssen das Modul PHY551 direkt an der UZH buchen.
W10 KP4V + 2UN. Beisert
KurzbeschreibungThis course discusses the quantisation of fields in order to introduce a coherent formalism for the combination of quantum mechanics and special relativity.
Topics include:
- Relativistic quantum mechanics
- Quantisation of bosonic and fermionic fields
- Interactions in perturbation theory
- Scattering processes and decays
- Elementary processes in QED
- Radiative corrections
LernzielThe goal of this course is to provide a solid introduction to the formalism, the techniques, and important physical applications of quantum field theory. Furthermore it prepares students for the advanced course in quantum field theory (Quantum Field Theory II), and for work on research projects in theoretical physics, particle physics, and condensed-matter physics.
402-0861-00LStatistical PhysicsW10 KP4V + 2UG. M. Graf
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture focuses on classical and quantum statistical physics. Various techniques, cumulant expansion, path integrals, and specific systems are discussed: Fermions, photons/phonons, Bosons, magnetism, van der Waals gas. Phase transitions are studied in mean field theory (Weiss, Landau). Including fluctuations leads to critical phenomena, scaling, and the renormalization group.
LernzielThis lecture gives an introduction into the the basic concepts and applications of statistical physics for the general use in physics and, in particular, as a preparation for the theoretical solid state physics education.
InhaltThermodynamics, three laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic potentials, phenomenology of phase transitions.
Classical statistical physics: micro-canonical-, canonical-, and grandcanonical ensembles, applications to simple systems.
Quantum statistical physics: single particle, ideal quantum gases, fermions and bosons, statistical interaction.
Techniques: variational approach, cumulant expansion, path integral formulation.
Degenerate fermions: Fermi gas, electrons in magnetic field.
Bosons: photons and phonons, Bose-Einstein condensation.
Magnetism: Ising-, XY-, Heisenberg models, Weiss mean-field theory.
Van der Waals gas-liquid transition.
Landau theory of phase transitions, first- and second order, tricritical.
Fluctuations: field theory approach, Gauss theory, self-consistent field, Ginzburg criterion.
Critical phenomena: scaling theory, universality.
Renormalization group: general theory and applications to spin models (real space RG), phi^4 theory (k-space RG), Kosterlitz-Thouless theory.
SkriptLecture notes available in English.
LiteraturNo specific book is used for the course. Relevant literature will be given in the course.
402-0830-00LGeneral Relativity Information
Fachstudierende UZH müssen das Modul PHY511 direkt an der UZH buchen.
W10 KP4V + 2UP. Jetzer
KurzbeschreibungManifold, Riemannian metric, connection, curvature; Special Relativity; Lorentzian metric; Equivalence principle; Tidal force and spacetime curvature; Energy-momentum tensor, field equations, Newtonian limit; Post-Newtonian approximation; Schwarzschild solution; Mercury's perihelion precession, light deflection.
LernzielBasic understanding of general relativity, its mathematical foundations, and some of the interesting phenomena it predicts.
LiteraturSuggested textbooks:

C. Misner, K, Thorne and J. Wheeler: Gravitation
S. Carroll - Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General
Relativity
R. Wald - General Relativity
S. Weinberg - Gravitation and Cosmology
N. Straumann - General Relativity with applications to Astrophysics
402-0897-00LIntroduction to String TheoryW6 KP2V + 1UB. Hoare
KurzbeschreibungThis course is an introduction to string theory. The first half of the course covers the bosonic string and its quantization in flat space, concluding with the introduction of D-branes and T-duality. The second half will cover some advanced topics, which will be selected from those listed below.
LernzielThe objective of this course is to motivate the subject of string theory, exploring the important role it has played in the development of modern theoretical and mathematical physics. The goal of the first half of the course is to give a pedagogical introduction to the bosonic string in flat space. Building on this foundation, an overview of various more advanced topics will form the second half of the course.
InhaltI. Introduction
II. The relativistic point particle
III. The classical closed string
IV. Quantizing the closed string
V. The open string and D-branes
VI. T-duality in flat space

Possible advanced topics include:
VII. Conformal field theory
VIII. The Polyakov path integral
IX. String interactions
X. Low energy effective actions
XI. Superstring theory
LiteraturLecture notes:

String Theory - D. Tong
Link

Lectures on String Theory - G. Arutyunov
Link

Books:

Superstring Theory - M. Green, J. Schwarz and E. Witten (two volumes, CUP, 1988)
Volume 1: Introduction
Volume 2: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology

String Theory - J. Polchinski (two volumes, CUP, 1998)
Volume 1: An Introduction to the Bosonic String
Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond
Errata: Link

Basic Concepts of String Theory - R. Blumenhagen, D. Lüst and S. Theisen (Springer-Verlag, 2013)
402-0878-00LField Theory with Symmetries and the Batalin-Vilkovisky FormalismW4 KP2GM. Schiavina
KurzbeschreibungThe course is an introduction to the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, which provides a rigorous toolkit to treat classical and quantum field theories with symmetries, generalising the BRST approach. The course will feature applications to gauge theories and general relativity, and possibly to theories with defects (boundaries and corners).
LernzielThe objective of this course is to expose master and graduate physics students to modern techniques in theoretical and mathematical physics to handle gauge symmetries in classical and quantum field theory. We aim to provide a solid mathematical background for third-semester master and graduate students to adventure further in this research direction.
InhaltThe course will start with a review of the BRST formalism expanding on its introduction in Quantum Field Theory II. It will provide a mathematical background on (Lie algebra) cohomology and the necessary requirements to describe the BV formalism, including an introduction to symplectic geometry on graded vector spaces. Applications of the BV formalism to different examples like gauge theories, general relativity and sigma models will be presented, and a discussion on quantisation of classical field theories in this setting, together with possible inclusion of defects, will be considered as concluding topics for the course.
Auswahl: Mathematische Optimierung, Diskrete Mathematik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3055-64LAlgebraic Methods in Combinatorics Information W6 KP2V + 1UB. Sudakov
KurzbeschreibungCombinatorics is a fundamental mathematical discipline as well as an essential component of many mathematical areas, and its study has experienced an impressive growth in recent years. This course provides a gentle introduction to Algebraic methods, illustrated by examples and focusing on basic ideas and connections to other areas.
LernzielThe students will get an overview of various algebraic methods for solving combinatorial problems. We expect them to understand the proof techniques and to use them autonomously on related problems.
InhaltCombinatorics is a fundamental mathematical discipline as well as an essential component of many mathematical areas, and its study has experienced an impressive growth in recent years. While in the past many of the basic combinatorial results were obtained mainly by ingenuity and detailed reasoning, the modern theory has grown out of this early stage and often relies on deep, well-developed tools.

One of the main general techniques that played a crucial role in the development of Combinatorics was the application of algebraic methods. The most fruitful such tool is the dimension argument. Roughly speaking, the method can be described as follows. In order to bound the cardinality of of a discrete structure A one maps its elements to vectors in a linear space, and shows that the set A is mapped to linearly independent vectors. It then follows that the cardinality of A is bounded by the dimension of the corresponding linear space. This simple idea is surprisingly powerful and has many famous applications.

This course provides a gentle introduction to Algebraic methods, illustrated by examples and focusing on basic ideas and connections to other areas. The topics covered in the class will include (but are not limited to):

Basic dimension arguments, Spaces of polynomials and tensor product methods, Eigenvalues of graphs and their application, the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz and the Chevalley-Warning theorem. Applications such as: Solution of Kakeya problem in finite fields, counterexample to Borsuk's conjecture, chromatic number of the unit distance graph of Euclidean space, explicit constructions of Ramsey graphs and many others.

The course website can be found at
Link
SkriptLectures will be on the blackboard only, but there will be a set of typeset lecture notes which follow the class closely.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesStudents are expected to have a mathematical background and should be able to write rigorous proofs.
Auswahl: Theoretische Informatik, diskrete Mathematik
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
263-4500-00LAdvanced Algorithms Information W6 KP2V + 2U + 1AM. Ghaffari, A. Krause
KurzbeschreibungThis is an advanced course on the design and analysis of algorithms, covering a range of topics and techniques not studied in typical introductory courses on algorithms.
LernzielThis course is intended to familiarize students with (some of) the main tools and techniques developed over the last 15-20 years in algorithm design, which are by now among the key ingredients used in developing efficient algorithms.
InhaltThe lectures will cover a range of topics, including the following: graph sparsifications while preserving cuts or distances, various approximation algorithms techniques and concepts, metric embeddings and probabilistic tree embeddings, online algorithms, multiplicative weight updates, streaming algorithms, sketching algorithms.
SkriptLink
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis course is designed for masters and doctoral students and it especially targets those interested in theoretical computer science, but it should also be accessible to last-year bachelor students.

Sufficient comfort with both (A) Algorithm Design & Analysis and (B) Probability & Concentrations. E.g., having passed the course Algorithms, Probability, and Computing (APC) is highly recommended, though not required formally. If you are not sure whether you're ready for this class or not, please consult the instructor.
252-1425-00LGeometry: Combinatorics and Algorithms Information W6 KP2V + 2U + 1AB. Gärtner, M. Hoffmann, M. Wettstein
KurzbeschreibungGeometric structures are useful in many areas, and there is a need to understand their structural properties, and to work with them algorithmically. The lecture addresses theoretical foundations concerning geometric structures. Central objects of interest are triangulations. We study combinatorial (Does a certain object exist?) and algorithmic questions (Can we find a certain object efficiently?)
LernzielThe goal is to make students familiar with fundamental concepts, techniques and results in combinatorial and computational geometry, so as to enable them to model, analyze, and solve theoretical and practical problems in the area and in various application domains.
In particular, we want to prepare students for conducting independent research, for instance, within the scope of a thesis project.
InhaltPlanar and geometric graphs, embeddings and their representation (Whitney's Theorem, canonical orderings, DCEL), polygon triangulations and the art gallery theorem, convexity in R^d, planar convex hull algorithms (Jarvis Wrap, Graham Scan, Chan's Algorithm), point set triangulations, Delaunay triangulations (Lawson flips, lifting map, randomized incremental construction), Voronoi diagrams, the Crossing Lemma and incidence bounds, line arrangements (duality, Zone Theorem, ham-sandwich cuts), 3-SUM hardness, counting planar triangulations.
Skriptyes
LiteraturMark de Berg, Marc van Kreveld, Mark Overmars, Otfried Cheong, Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications, Springer, 3rd ed., 2008.
Satyan Devadoss, Joseph O'Rourke, Discrete and Computational Geometry, Princeton University Press, 2011.
Stefan Felsner, Geometric Graphs and Arrangements: Some Chapters from Combinatorial Geometry, Teubner, 2004.
Jiri Matousek, Lectures on Discrete Geometry, Springer, 2002.
Takao Nishizeki, Md. Saidur Rahman, Planar Graph Drawing, World Scientific, 2004.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites: The course assumes basic knowledge of discrete mathematics and algorithms, as supplied in the first semesters of Bachelor Studies at ETH.
Outlook: In the following spring semester there is a seminar "Geometry: Combinatorics and Algorithms" that builds on this course. There are ample possibilities for Semester-, Bachelor- and Master Thesis projects in the area.
252-0417-00LRandomized Algorithms and Probabilistic MethodsW8 KP3V + 2U + 2AA. Steger
KurzbeschreibungLas Vegas & Monte Carlo algorithms; inequalities of Markov, Chebyshev, Chernoff; negative correlation; Markov chains: convergence, rapidly mixing; generating functions; Examples include: min cut, median, balls and bins, routing in hypercubes, 3SAT, card shuffling, random walks
LernzielAfter this course students will know fundamental techniques from probabilistic combinatorics for designing randomized algorithms and will be able to apply them to solve typical problems in these areas.
InhaltRandomized Algorithms are algorithms that "flip coins" to take certain decisions. This concept extends the classical model of deterministic algorithms and has become very popular and useful within the last twenty years. In many cases, randomized algorithms are faster, simpler or just more elegant than deterministic ones. In the course, we will discuss basic principles and techniques and derive from them a number of randomized methods for problems in different areas.
SkriptYes.
Literatur- Randomized Algorithms, Rajeev Motwani and Prabhakar Raghavan, Cambridge University Press (1995)
- Probability and Computing, Michael Mitzenmacher and Eli Upfal, Cambridge University Press (2005)
Auswahl: Weitere Gebiete
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
227-0423-00LNeural Network TheoryW4 KP2V + 1UH. Bölcskei, E. Riegler
KurzbeschreibungThe class focuses on fundamental mathematical aspects of neural networks with an emphasis on deep networks: Universal approximation theorems, capacity of separating surfaces, generalization, reproducing Kernel Hilbert spaces, support vector machines, fundamental limits of deep neural network learning, dimension measures, feature extraction with scattering networks
LernzielAfter attending this lecture, participating in the exercise sessions, and working on the homework problem sets, students will have acquired a working knowledge of the mathematical foundations of neural networks.
Inhalt1. Universal approximation with single- and multi-layer networks

2. Geometry of decision surfaces

3. Separating capacity of nonlinear decision surfaces

4. Generalization

5. Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, support vector machines

6. Deep neural network approximation theory: Fundamental limits on compressibility of signal classes, Kolmogorov epsilon-entropy of signal classes, covering numbers, fundamental limits of deep neural network learning

7. Learning of real-valued functions: Pseudo-dimension, fat-shattering dimension, Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension

8. Scattering networks
SkriptDetailed lecture notes will be provided as we go along.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis course is aimed at students with a strong mathematical background in general, and in linear algebra, analysis, and probability theory in particular.
401-3502-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W2 KP4ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-3503-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W3 KP6ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-3504-69LReading Course Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
To start an individual reading course, contact an authorised supervisor
Link
and register your reading course in myStudies.
W4 KP9ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungIn diesem Reading Course wird auf Eigeninitiative und auf individuelle Vereinbarung mit einem Dozenten/einer Dozentin hin ein Stoff durch eigenständiges Literaturstudium erarbeitet.
Lernziel
401-0000-00LCommunication in MathematicsW2 KP1VW. Merry
KurzbeschreibungDon't hide your Next Great Theorem behind bad writing.

This course teaches fundamental communication skills in mathematics: how to write clearly and how to structure mathematical content for different audiences, from theses, to preprints, to personal statements in applications. In addition, the course will help you establish a working knowledge of LaTeX.
LernzielKnowing how to present written mathematics in a structured and clear manner.
InhaltTopics covered include:

- Language conventions and common errors.
- How to write a thesis (more generally, a mathematics paper).
- How to use LaTeX.
- How to write a personal statement for Masters and PhD applications.
SkriptFull lecture notes will be made available on my website:

Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThere are no formal mathematical prerequisites.
401-0000-99LCommunication in Mathematics (Upgrade 2018 → 2019)
This course unit is only for students who got 1 ECTS credit from last year's course unit 401-0000-00L CiM. (Registration now closed.)
W1 KP1VW. Merry
KurzbeschreibungDon't hide your Next Great Theorem behind bad writing.

This course teaches fundamental communication skills in mathematics: how to write clearly and how to structure mathematical content for different audiences, from theses, to preprints, to personal statements in applications. In addition, the course will help you establish a working knowledge of LaTeX.
LernzielKnowing how to present written mathematics in a structured and clear manner.
InhaltTopics covered include:

- Language conventions and common errors.
- How to write a thesis (more generally, a mathematics paper).
- How to use LaTeX.
- How to write a personal statement for Masters and PhD applications.
SkriptFull lecture notes will be made available on my website:

Link
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThere are no formal mathematical prerequisites.
Anwendungsgebiet
Nur für das Master-Diplom in Angewandter Mathematik erforderlich und anrechenbar.
In der Kategorie Anwendungsgebiet für den Master in Angewandter Mathematik muss eines der zur Auswahl stehenden Anwendungsgebiete gewählt werden. Im gewählten Anwendungsgebiet müssen mindestens 8 KP erworben werden.
Atmospherical Physics
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
701-1221-00LDynamics of Large-Scale Atmospheric Flow Information W4 KP2V + 1UH. Wernli, L. Papritz
KurzbeschreibungDie Vorlesung vermittelt die Grundlagen der Dynamik von aussertropischen Wettersystemen (quasi-geostrophische Dynamik, potentielle Vorticity, Rossby-Wellen, barokline Instabilität). Grundlegende Konzepte werden formal eingeführt, quantitativ angewendet und mit realen Beispielen illustriert und vertieft. Übungen (quantitativ und qualitativ) sind ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Kurses.
LernzielVerständnis für dynamische Prozesse in der Atmosphäre sowie deren
mathematisch-physikalische Formulierung.
InhaltDie Atmosphärenphysik II behandelt vor allem die dynamischen Prozesse in der Erdatmosphäre. Diskutiert werden die Bewegungsgesetze der Atmosphäre und die Dynamik und Wechselwirkungen von synoptischen Systemen - also den wetterbestimmenden Hoch- und Tiefdruckgebieten. Mathematische Grundlage hierfuer ist insbesondere die Theorie der quasi-geostrophischen Bewegung, die im Rahmen der Vorlesung hergeleitet und interpretiert wird.
SkriptDynamics of large-scale atmospheric flow
Literatur- Holton J.R., An introduction to Dynamic Meteorogy. Academic Press, fourth edition 2004,
- Pichler H., Dynamik der Atmosphäre, Bibliographisches Institut, 456 pp. 1997
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesVoraussetzungen: Physik I, II, Umwelt Fluiddynamik
Biology
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
551-0015-00LBiologie IW2 KP2VE. Hafen, E. Dufresne
KurzbeschreibungGegenstand der Vorlesung Biologie I ist zusammen mit der Vorlesung Biologie II im folgenden Sommersemester die Einführung in die Grundlagen der Biologie für Studenten der Materialwissenschaften und andere Studenten mit Biologie als Nebenfach.
LernzielZiel der Vorlesung Biologie I ist die Vermittlung des molekularen Aufbaus der Zelle, der Grundlagen des Stoffwechsels und eines Überblicks über molekulare Genetik
InhaltDie folgenden Kapitelnummern beziehen sich auf das der Vorlesung zugrundeliegende Lehrbuch "Biology" (Campbell & Rees, 10th edition, 2015)
Kapitel 1-4 des Lehrbuchs werden als Grundwissen vorausgesetzt

1. Aufbau der Zelle

Kapitel 5: Struktur und Funktion biologischer Makromoleküle
Kapitel 6: Eine Tour durch die Zelle
Kaptiel 7: Membranstruktur und-funktion
Kapitel 8: Einführung in den Stoffwechsel
Kapitel 9: Zelluläre Atmung und Speicherung chemischer Energie
Kapitel 10: Photosynthese
Kapitel 12: Der Zellzyklus
Kapitel 17: Vom Gen zum Protein

2. Allgemeine Genetik

Kapitel 13: Meiose und Reproduktionszyklen
Kapitel 14: Mendel'sche Genetik
Kapitel 15: Die chromosomale Basis der Vererbung
Kapitel 16: Die molekulare Grundlage der Vererbung
Kapitel 18: Genetik von Bakterien und Viren
Kapitel 46: Tierische Reproduktion

Grundlagen des Stoffwechsels und eines Überblicks über molekulare Genetik
SkriptDer Vorlesungsstoff ist sehr nahe am Lehrbuch gehalten, Skripte werden ggf. durch die Dozenten zur Verfügung gestellt.
LiteraturDas folgende Lehrbuch ist Grundlage für die Vorlesungen Biologie I und II:

„Biology“, Campbell and Rees, 10th Edition, 2015, Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, ISBN 978-3-8632-6725-4
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesZur Vorlesung Biologie I gibt es während der Prüfungssessionen eine einstündige, schriftliche Prüfung. Die Vorlesung Biologie II wird separat geprüft.
636-0017-00LComputational Biology Information W6 KP3G + 2AT. Vaughan, T. Stadler
KurzbeschreibungThe aim of the course is to provide up-to-date knowledge on how we can study biological processes using genetic sequencing data. Computational algorithms extracting biological information from genetic sequence data are discussed, and statistical tools to understand this information in detail are introduced.
LernzielAttendees will learn which information is contained in genetic sequencing data and how to extract information from this data using computational tools. The main concepts introduced are:
* stochastic models in molecular evolution
* phylogenetic & phylodynamic inference
* maximum likelihood and Bayesian statistics
Attendees will apply these concepts to a number of applications yielding biological insight into:
* epidemiology
* pathogen evolution
* macroevolution of species
InhaltThe course consists of four parts. We first introduce modern genetic sequencing technology, and algorithms to obtain sequence alignments from the output of the sequencers. We then present methods for direct alignment analysis using approaches such as BLAST and GWAS. Second, we introduce mechanisms and concepts of molecular evolution, i.e. we discuss how genetic sequences change over time. Third, we employ evolutionary concepts to infer ancestral relationships between organisms based on their genetic sequences, i.e. we discuss methods to infer genealogies and phylogenies. Lastly, we introduce the field of phylodynamics, the aim of which is to understand and quantify population dynamic processes (such as transmission in epidemiology or speciation & extinction in macroevolution) based on a phylogeny. Throughout the class, the models and methods are illustrated on different datasets giving insight into the epidemiology and evolution of a range of infectious diseases (e.g. HIV, HCV, influenza, Ebola). Applications of the methods to the field of macroevolution provide insight into the evolution and ecology of different species clades. Students will be trained in the algorithms and their application both on paper and in silico as part of the exercises.
SkriptLecture slides will be available on moodle.
LiteraturThe course is not based on any of the textbooks below, but they are excellent choices as accompanying material:
* Yang, Z. 2006. Computational Molecular Evolution.
* Felsenstein, J. 2004. Inferring Phylogenies.
* Semple, C. & Steel, M. 2003. Phylogenetics.
* Drummond, A. & Bouckaert, R. 2015. Bayesian evolutionary analysis with BEAST.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic knowledge in linear algebra, analysis, and statistics will be helpful. Programming in R will be required for the project work (compulsory continuous performance assessments). We provide an R tutorial and help sessions during the first two weeks of class to learn the required skills. However, in case you do not have any previous experience with R, we strongly recommend to get familiar with R prior to the semester start. For the D-BSSE students, we highly recommend the voluntary course „Introduction to Programming“, which takes place at D-BSSE from Wednesday, September 12 to Friday, September 14, i.e. BEFORE the official semester starting date Link
For the Zurich-based students without R experience, we recommend the R course Link, or working through the script provided as part of this R course.
636-0007-00LComputational Systems Biology Information W6 KP3V + 2UJ. Stelling
KurzbeschreibungStudy of fundamental concepts, models and computational methods for the analysis of complex biological networks. Topics: Systems approaches in biology, biology and reaction network fundamentals, modeling and simulation approaches (topological, probabilistic, stoichiometric, qualitative, linear / nonlinear ODEs, stochastic), and systems analysis (complexity reduction, stability, identification).
LernzielThe aim of this course is to provide an introductory overview of mathematical and computational methods for the modeling, simulation and analysis of biological networks.
InhaltBiology has witnessed an unprecedented increase in experimental data and, correspondingly, an increased need for computational methods to analyze this data. The explosion of sequenced genomes, and subsequently, of bioinformatics methods for the storage, analysis and comparison of genetic sequences provides a prominent example. Recently, however, an additional area of research, captured by the label "Systems Biology", focuses on how networks, which are more than the mere sum of their parts' properties, establish biological functions. This is essentially a task of reverse engineering. The aim of this course is to provide an introductory overview of corresponding computational methods for the modeling, simulation and analysis of biological networks. We will start with an introduction into the basic units, functions and design principles that are relevant for biology at the level of individual cells. Making extensive use of example systems, the course will then focus on methods and algorithms that allow for the investigation of biological networks with increasing detail. These include (i) graph theoretical approaches for revealing large-scale network organization, (ii) probabilistic (Bayesian) network representations, (iii) structural network analysis based on reaction stoichiometries, (iv) qualitative methods for dynamic modeling and simulation (Boolean and piece-wise linear approaches), (v) mechanistic modeling using ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and finally (vi) stochastic simulation methods.
SkriptLink
LiteraturU. Alon, An introduction to systems biology. Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2006.

Z. Szallasi et al. (eds.), System modeling in cellular biology. MIT Press, 2010.

B. Ingalls, Mathematical modeling in systems biology: an introduction. MIT Press, 2013
636-0009-00LEvolutionary DynamicsW6 KP2V + 1U + 2AN. Beerenwinkel
KurzbeschreibungEvolutionary dynamics is concerned with the mathematical principles according to which life has evolved. This course offers an introduction to mathematical modeling of evolution, including deterministic and stochastic models.
LernzielThe goal of this course is to understand and to appreciate mathematical models and computational methods that provide insight into the evolutionary process.
InhaltEvolution is the one theory that encompasses all of biology. It provides a single, unifying concept to understand the living systems that we observe today. We will introduce several types of mathematical models of evolution to describe gene frequency changes over time in the context of different biological systems, focusing on asexual populations. Viruses and cancer cells provide the most prominent examples of such systems and they are at the same time of great biomedical interest. The course will cover some classical mathematical population genetics and population dynamics, and also introduce several new approaches. This is reflected in a diverse set of mathematical concepts which make their appearance throughout the course, all of which are introduced from scratch. Topics covered include the quasispecies equation, evolution of HIV, evolutionary game theory, birth-death processes, evolutionary stability, evolutionary graph theory, somatic evolution of cancer, stochastic tunneling, cell differentiation, hematopoietic tumor stem cells, genetic progression of cancer and the speed of adaptation, diffusion theory, fitness landscapes, neutral networks, branching processes, evolutionary escape, and epistasis.
SkriptNo.
Literatur- Evolutionary Dynamics. Martin A. Nowak. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Evolutionary Theory: Mathematical and Conceptual Foundations. Sean H. Rice. Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2004.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites: Basic mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, probability)
Control and Automation
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
151-0563-01LDynamic Programming and Optimal Control Information W4 KP2V + 1UR. D'Andrea
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control.
LernzielCovers the fundamental concepts of Dynamic Programming & Optimal Control.
InhaltDynamic Programming Algorithm; Deterministic Systems and Shortest Path Problems; Infinite Horizon Problems, Bellman Equation; Deterministic Continuous-Time Optimal Control.
LiteraturDynamic Programming and Optimal Control by Dimitri P. Bertsekas, Vol. I, 3rd edition, 2005, 558 pages, hardcover.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesRequirements: Knowledge of advanced calculus, introductory probability theory, and matrix-vector algebra.
Economics
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3929-00LFinancial Risk Management in Social and Pension Insurance Information W4 KP2VP. Blum
KurzbeschreibungInvestment returns are an important source of funding for social and pension insurance, and financial risk is an important threat to stability. We study short-term and long-term financial risk and its interplay with other risk factors, and we develop methods for the measurement and management of financial risk and return in an asset/liability context with the goal of assuring sustainable funding.
LernzielUnderstand the basic asset-liability framework: essential principles and properties of social and pension insurance; cash flow matching, duration matching, valuation portfolio and loose coupling; the notion of financial risk; long-term vs. short-term risk; coherent measures of risk.

Understand the conditions for sustainable funding: derivation of required returns; interplay between return levels, contribution levels and other parameters; influence of guaranteed benefits.

Understand the notion of risk-taking capability: capital process as a random walk; measures of long-term risk and relation to capital; short-term solvency vs. long-term stability; effect of embedded options and guarantees; interplay between required return and risk-taking capability.

Be able to study empirical properties of financial assets: the Normal hypothesis and the deviations from it; statistical tools for investigating relevant risk and return properties of financial assets; time aggregation properties; be able to conduct analysis of real data for the most important asset classes.

Understand and be able to carry out portfolio construction: the concept of diversification; limitations to diversification; correlation breakdown; incorporation of constraints; sensitivities and shortcomings of optimized portfolios.

Understand and interpret the asset-liability interplay: the optimized portfolio in the asset-liability framework; short-term risk vs. long-term risk; the influence of constraints; feasible and non-feasible solutions; practical considerations.

Understand and be able to address essential problems in asset / liability management, e.g. optimal risk / return positioning, optimal discount rate, target value for funding ratio or turnaround issues.

Have an overall view: see the big picture of what asset returns can and cannot contribute to social security; be aware of the most relevant outcomes; know the role of the actuary in the financial risk management process.
InhaltFor pension insurance and other forms of social insurance, investment returns are an important source of funding. In order to earn these returns, substantial financial risks must be taken, and these risks represent an important threat to financial stability, in the long term and in the short term.

Risk and return of financial assets cannot be separated from one another and, hence, asset management and risk management cannot be separated either. Managing financial risk in social and pension insurance is, therefore, the task of reconciling the contradictory dimensions of

1. Required return for a sustainable funding of the institution,
2. Risk-taking capability of the institution,
3. Returns available from financial assets in the market,
4. Risks incurred by investing in these assets.

This task must be accomplished under a number of constraints. Financial risk management in social insurance also means reconciling the long time horizon of the promised insurance benefits with the short time horizon of financial markets and financial risk.

It is not the goal of this lecture to provide the students with any cookbook recipes that can readily be applied without further reflection. The goal is rather to enable the students to develop their own understanding of the problems and possible solutions associated with the management of financial risks in social and pension insurance.

To this end, a rigorous intellectual framework will be developed and a powerful set of mathematical tools from the fields of actuarial mathematics and quantitative risk management will be applied. When analyzing the properties of financial assets, an empirical viewpoint will be taken using statistical tools and considering real-world data.
SkriptExtensive handouts will be provided. Moreover, practical examples and data sets in Excel and R will be made available.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesSolid base knowledge of probability and statistics is indispensable. Specialized concepts from financial and insurance mathematics as well as quantitative risk management will be introduced in the lecture as needed, but some prior knowledge in some of these areas would be an advantage.

This course counts towards the diploma of "Aktuar SAV".

The exams ONLY take place during the official ETH examination period.
363-0537-00LResource and Environmental EconomicsW3 KP2GL. Bretschger
KurzbeschreibungRelationship between economy and environment, market failure, external effects and public goods, contingent valuation, internalisation of externalities; economics of non-renewable resources, economics of renewable resources, cost-benefit analysis, sustainability, and international aspects of resource and environmental economics.
LernzielUnderstanding of the basic issues and methods in resource and environmental economics; ability to solve typical problems in the field using the appropriate tools, which are concise verbal explanations, diagrams or mathematical expressions.

Topics are:
Introduction to resource and environmental economics
Importance of resource and environmental economics
Main issues of resource and environmental economics
Normative basis
Utilitarianism
Fairness according to Rawls
Economic growth and environment
Externalities in the environmental sphere
Governmental internalisation of externalities
Private internalisation of externalities: the Coase theorem
Free rider problem and public goods
Types of public policy
Efficient level of pollution
Tax vs. permits
Command and Control Instruments
Empirical data on non-renewable natural resources
Optimal price development: the Hotelling-rule
Effects of exploration and Backstop-technology
Effects of different types of markets.
Biological growth function
Optimal depletion of renewable resources
Social inefficiency as result of over-use of open-access resources
Cost-benefit analysis and the environment
Measuring environmental benefit
Measuring costs
Concept of sustainability
Technological feasibility
Conflicts sustainability / optimality
Indicators of sustainability
Problem of climate change
Cost and benefit of climate change
Climate change as international ecological externality
International climate policy: Kyoto protocol
Implementation of the Kyoto protocol in Switzerland
InhaltEconomy and natural environment, welfare concepts and market failure, external effects and public goods, measuring externalities and contingent valuation, internalising external effects and environmental policy, economics of non-renewable resources, renewable resources, cost-benefit-analysis, sustainability issues, international aspects of resource and environmental problems, selected examples and case studies.
LiteraturPerman, R., Ma, Y., McGilvray, J, Common, M.: "Natural Resource & Environmental Economics", 3d edition, Longman, Essex 2003.
363-0503-00LPrinciples of Microeconomics
GESS (Science in Perspective): This lecture is for MSc students only. BSc students register for 363-1109-00L Einführung in die Mikroökonomie.
W3 KP2GM. Filippini
KurzbeschreibungThe course introduces basic principles, problems and approaches of microeconomics. This provides the students with reflective and contextual knowledge on how societies use scarce resources to produce goods and services and ensure a (fair) distribution.
LernzielThe learning objectives of the course are:

(1) Students must be able to discuss basic principles, problems and approaches in microeconomics. (2) Students can analyse and explain simple economic principles in a market using supply and demand graphs. (3) Students can contrast different market structures and describe firm and consumer behaviour. (4) Students can identify market failures such as externalities related to market activities and illustrate how these affect the economy as a whole. (5) Students can also recognize behavioural failures within a market and discuss basic concepts related to behavioural economics. (6) Students can apply simple mathematical concepts on economic problems.
InhaltThe resources on our planet are finite. The discipline of microeconomics therefore deals with the question of how society can use scarce resources to produce goods and services and ensure a (fair) distribution. In particular, microeconomics deals with the behaviour of consumers and firms in different market forms. Economic considerations and discussions are not part of classical engineering and science study programme. Thus, the goal of the lecture "Principles of Microeconomics" is to teach students how economic thinking and argumentation works. The course should help the students to look at the contents of their own studies from a different perspective and to be able to critically reflect on economic problems discussed in the society.

Topics covered by the course are:

- Supply and demand
- Consumer demand: neoclassical and behavioural perspective
- Cost of production: neoclassical and behavioural perspective
- Welfare economics, deadweight losses
- Governmental policies
- Market failures, common resources and public goods
- Public sector, tax system
- Market forms (competitive, monopolistic, monopolistic competitive, oligopolistic)
- International trade
SkriptLecture notes, exercises and reference material can be downloaded from Moodle.
LiteraturN. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor (2017), "Economics", 4th edition, South-Western Cengage Learning.
The book can also be used for the course 'Principles of Macroeconomics' (Sturm)

For students taking only the course 'Principles of Microeconomics' there is a shorter version of the same book:
N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor (2017), "Microeconomics", 4th edition, South-Western Cengage Learning.

Complementary:
R. Pindyck and D. Rubinfeld (2018), "Microeconomics", 9th edition, Pearson Education.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesGESS (Science in Perspective): This lecture is for MSc students only. BSc students register for 363-1109-00L Einführung in die Mikroökonomie.
363-0565-00LPrinciples of MacroeconomicsW3 KP2VJ.‑E. Sturm
KurzbeschreibungThis course examines the behaviour of macroeconomic variables, such as gross domestic product, unemployment and inflation rates. It tries to answer questions like: How can we explain fluctuations of national economic activity? What can economic policy do against unemployment and inflation?
LernzielThis lecture will introduce the fundamentals of macroeconomic theory and explain their relevance to every-day economic problems.
InhaltThis course helps you understand the world in which you live. There are many questions about the macroeconomy that might spark your curiosity. Why are living standards so meagre in many African countries? Why do some countries have high rates of inflation while others have stable prices? Why have some European countries adopted a common currency? These are just a few of the questions that this course will help you answer.
Furthermore, this course will give you a better understanding of the potential and limits of economic policy. As a voter, you help choose the policies that guide the allocation of society's resources. When deciding which policies to support, you may find yourself asking various questions about economics. What are the burdens associated with alternative forms of taxation? What are the effects of free trade with other countries? How does the government budget deficit affect the economy? These and similar questions are always on the minds of policy makers.
SkriptThe course webpage (to be found at Link) contains announcements, course information and lecture slides.
LiteraturThe set-up of the course will closely follow the book of
N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor (2017), Economics, Cengage Learning, Fourth Edition.

Besides this textbook, the slides, lecture notes and problem sets will cover the content of the lecture and the exam questions.
363-1021-00LMonetary PolicyW3 KP2VJ.‑E. Sturm, A. Rathke
KurzbeschreibungThe main aim of this course is to analyse the goals of monetary policy and to review the instruments available to central banks in order to pursue these goals. It will focus on the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy and the differences between monetary policy rules and discretionary policy. It will also make connections between theoretical economic concepts and current real world issues.
LernzielThis lecture will introduce the fundamentals of monetary economics and explain the working and impact of monetary policy.
InhaltThis lecture will introduce the fundamentals of monetary economics and explain the working and impact of monetary policy. The main aim of this course is to describe and analyze the goals of monetary policy and to review the instruments available to central banks in order to pursue these goals. It will focus on the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy, the effectiveness of monetary policy actions, the differences between monetary policy rules and discretionary policy, as well as in institutional issues concerning central banks, transparency of monetary authorities and monetary policy in a monetary union framework. Moreover, we discuss the implementation of monetary policy in practice and the design of optimal policy.
LiteraturThe course will be based on chapters of:
Mishkin, Frederic S. (2019), The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 12th edition, Pearson. ISBN 9780134733821
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic knowledge in international economics and a good background in macroeconomics.
Environmental Science
"Environmental Science" wird künftig nicht mehr als Anwendungsgebiet angeboten.
Finance
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-8905-00LFinancial Engineering (University of Zurich)
Der Kurs muss direkt an der UZH belegt werden.
UZH Modulkürzel: MFOEC200

Beachten Sie die Einschreibungstermine an der UZH: Link
W6 KP4GUni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungThis lecture is intended for students who would like to learn more on equity derivatives modelling and pricing.
LernzielQuantitative models for European option pricing (including stochastic
volatility and jump models), volatility and variance derivatives,
American and exotic options.
InhaltAfter introducing fundamental
concepts of mathematical finance including no-arbitrage, portfolio
replication and risk-neutral measure, we will present the main models
that can be used for pricing and hedging European options e.g. Black-
Scholes model, stochastic and jump-diffusion models, and highlight their
assumptions and limitations. We will cover several types of derivatives
such as European and American options, Barrier options and Variance-
Swaps. Basic knowledge in probability theory and stochastic calculus is
required. Besides attending class, we strongly encourage students to
stay informed on financial matters, especially by reading daily
financial newspapers such as the Financial Times or the Wall Street
Journal.
SkriptScript.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic knowledge of probability theory and stochastic calculus.
Asset Pricing.
401-8913-00LAdvanced Corporate Finance I (University of Zurich)
Der Kurs muss direkt an der UZH belegt werden.
UZH Modulkürzel: MOEC0455

Beachten Sie die Einschreibungstermine an der UZH: Link
W6 KP4GUni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungThis course develops and refines tools for evaluating investments (capital budgeting), capital structure, and corporate securities. The course seeks to deepen students' understanding of the link between corporate finance theory and practice.
LernzielThis course develops and refines tools for evaluating investments
(capital budgeting), capital structure, and corporate securities. With
respect to capital structure, we start with the famous Miller and
Modigliani irrelevance proposition and then move on to study the effects
of taxes, bankruptcy costs, information asymmetries between firms and
the capital markets, and agency costs. In this context, we will also
study how leverage affects some central financial ratios that are often
used in practice to assess firms and their stock. Other topics include
corporate cash holdings, the use and pricing of convertible bonds, and
risk management. The latter two topics involve option pricing. With
respect to capital budgeting, the course pays special attention to tax
effects in valuation, including in the estimation of the cost of
capital. We will also study payout policy (dividends and share
repurchases). The course seeks to deepen students' understanding of the
link between corporate finance theory and practice. Various cases will
be assigned to help reach this objective.
InhaltTopics covered
1. Capital structure: Perfect markets and irrelevance
2. Risk, leverage, taxes, and the cost of capital
3. Leverage and financial ratios
4. Payout policy: Dividends and share repurchases
5. Capital structure: Taxes and bankruptcy costs
6. Capital structure: Information asymmetries, agency costs, cash holdings
7. Valuation: DCF, adjusted present value and WACC
8. Valuation using options
9. The use and pricing of convertible bonds
10. Corporate risk management
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThis course replaces "Advanced Corporate Finance I" (MOEC0288), which will be discontinued from HS16.
Image Processing and Computer Vision
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
227-0447-00LImage Analysis and Computer Vision Information W6 KP3V + 1UL. Van Gool, O. Göksel, E. Konukoglu
KurzbeschreibungLight and perception. Digital image formation. Image enhancement and feature extraction. Unitary transformations. Color and texture. Image segmentation. Motion extraction and tracking. 3D data extraction. Invariant features. Specific object recognition and object class recognition. Deep learning and Convolutional Neural Networks.
LernzielOverview of the most important concepts of image formation, perception and analysis, and Computer Vision. Gaining own experience through practical computer and programming exercises.
InhaltThis course aims at offering a self-contained account of computer vision and its underlying concepts, including the recent use of deep learning.
The first part starts with an overview of existing and emerging applications that need computer vision. It shows that the realm of image processing is no longer restricted to the factory floor, but is entering several fields of our daily life. First the interaction of light with matter is considered. The most important hardware components such as cameras and illumination sources are also discussed. The course then turns to image discretization, necessary to process images by computer.
The next part describes necessary pre-processing steps, that enhance image quality and/or detect specific features. Linear and non-linear filters are introduced for that purpose. The course will continue by analyzing procedures allowing to extract additional types of basic information from multiple images, with motion and 3D shape as two important examples. Finally, approaches for the recognition of specific objects as well as object classes will be discussed and analyzed. A major part at the end is devoted to deep learning and AI-based approaches to image analysis. Its main focus is on object recognition, but also other examples of image processing using deep neural nets are given.
SkriptCourse material Script, computer demonstrations, exercises and problem solutions
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites:
Basic concepts of mathematical analysis and linear algebra. The computer exercises are based on Python and Linux.
The course language is English.
Information and Communication Technology
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
227-0427-00LSignal Analysis, Models, and Machine LearningW6 KP4GH.‑A. Loeliger
KurzbeschreibungMathematical methods in signal processing and machine learning.
I. Linear signal representation and approximation: Hilbert spaces, LMMSE estimation, regularization and sparsity.
II. Learning linear and nonlinear functions and filters: neural networks, kernel methods.
III. Structured statistical models: hidden Markov models, factor graphs, Kalman filter, Gaussian models with sparse events.
LernzielThe course is an introduction to some basic topics in signal processing and machine learning.
InhaltPart I - Linear Signal Representation and Approximation: Hilbert spaces, least squares and LMMSE estimation, projection and estimation by linear filtering, learning linear functions and filters, L2 regularization, L1 regularization and sparsity, singular-value decomposition and pseudo-inverse, principal-components analysis.
Part II - Learning Nonlinear Functions: fundamentals of learning, neural networks, kernel methods.
Part III - Structured Statistical Models and Message Passing Algorithms: hidden Markov models, factor graphs, Gaussian message passing, Kalman filter and recursive least squares, Monte Carlo methods, parameter estimation, expectation maximization, linear Gaussian models with sparse events.
SkriptLecture notes.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites:
- local bachelors: course "Discrete-Time and Statistical Signal Processing" (5. Sem.)
- others: solid basics in linear algebra and probability theory
227-0101-00LDiscrete-Time and Statistical Signal ProcessingW6 KP4GH.‑A. Loeliger
KurzbeschreibungThe course introduces some fundamental topics of digital signal processing with a bias towards applications in communications: discrete-time linear filters, inverse filters and equalization, DFT, discrete-time stochastic processes, elements of detection theory and estimation theory, LMMSE estimation and LMMSE filtering, LMS algorithm, Viterbi algorithm.
LernzielThe course introduces some fundamental topics of digital signal processing with a bias towards applications in communications. The two main themes are linearity and probability. In the first part of the course, we deepen our understanding of discrete-time linear filters. In the second part of the course, we review the basics of probability theory and discrete-time stochastic processes. We then discuss some basic concepts of detection theory and estimation theory, as well as some practical methods including LMMSE estimation and LMMSE filtering, the LMS algorithm, and the Viterbi algorithm. A recurrent theme throughout the course is the stable and robust "inversion" of a linear filter.
Inhalt1. Discrete-time linear systems and filters:
state-space realizations, z-transform and spectrum,
decimation and interpolation, digital filter design,
stable realizations and robust inversion.

2. The discrete Fourier transform and its use for digital filtering.

3. The statistical perspective:
probability, random variables, discrete-time stochastic processes;
detection and estimation: MAP, ML, Bayesian MMSE, LMMSE;
Wiener filter, LMS adaptive filter, Viterbi algorithm.
SkriptLecture Notes
227-0417-00LInformation Theory IW6 KP4GA. Lapidoth
KurzbeschreibungThis course covers the basic concepts of information theory and of communication theory. Topics covered include the entropy rate of a source, mutual information, typical sequences, the asymptotic equi-partition property, Huffman coding, channel capacity, the channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, and feedback capacity.
LernzielThe fundamentals of Information Theory including Shannon's source coding and channel coding theorems
InhaltThe entropy rate of a source, Typical sequences, the asymptotic equi-partition property, the source coding theorem, Huffman coding, Arithmetic coding, channel capacity, the channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, feedback capacity
LiteraturT.M. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory (second edition)
Material Modelling and Simulation
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
327-1201-00LTransport Phenomena I Information W5 KP4GJ. Vermant
KurzbeschreibungPhenomenological approach to "Transport Phenomena" based on balance equations supplemented by thermodynamic considerations to formulate the undetermined fluxes in the local species mass, momentum, and energy balance equations; Solutions of a few selected problems will be discussed, introducing scaling approximations, similarity solutions and using numerical methods.
LernzielThe teaching goals of this course are on five different levels:
(1) Deep understanding of fundamentals: local balance equations, constitutive equations for fluxes, entropy balance, interfaces, idea of dimensionless numbers and scaling, ...
(2) Ability to use the fundamental concepts in applications
(3) Insight into the role of boundary conditions
(4) Knowledge of a number of applications.
(5) Flavor of numerical techniques: finite elements and finite differences.
InhaltApproach to Transport Phenomena
Diffusion Equation
Brownian Dynamics
Refreshing Topics in Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Balance Equations
Forces and Fluxes
Measuring Transport Coefficients
Pressure-Driven Flows
Stokes flow and colloid microhydrodynamics.
SkriptThe course is based on the book D. C. Venerus and H. C. Öttinger, A Modern Course in Transport Phenomena (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Literatur1. D. C. Venerus and H. C. Öttinger, A Modern Course in Transport Phenomena (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
2. R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed. (Wiley, 2001)
3. L.G. Leal, Advanced Transport Phenomena (Oxford University Press, 2011)
4. W. M. Deen, Analysis of Transport Phenomena (Oxford University Press, 1998)
5. R. B. Bird, Five Decades of Transport Phenomena (Review Article), AIChE J. 50 (2004) 273-287
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesComplex numbers. Vector analysis (integrability; Gauss' divergence theorem). Laplace and Fourier transforms. Ordinary differential equations (basic ideas). Linear algebra (matrices; functions of matrices; eigenvectors and eigenvalues; eigenfunctions). Probability theory (Gaussian distributions; Poisson distributions; averages; moments; variances; random variables). Numerical mathematics (integration). Equilibrium thermodynamics (Gibbs' fundamental equation; thermodynamic potentials; Legendre transforms). Maxwell equations. Programming and simulation techniques (Matlab, Monte Carlo simulations).
Quantum Chemistry
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
529-0003-01LAdvanced Quantum Chemistry
IMPORTANT NOTICE for Chemistry students: There are two different version of this course for the two regulations (2005/2018), please make sure to register for the correct version according to the regulations you are enrolled in. Please do not register for this course if you are enrolled in Chemistry regulations 2005.
W6 KP3GM. Reiher, S. Knecht
KurzbeschreibungAdvanced, but fundamental topics central to the understanding of theory in chemistry and for solving actual chemical problems with a computer.
Examples are:
* Operators derived from principles of relativistic quantum mechanics
* Relativistic effects + methods of relativistic quantum chemistry
* Open-shell molecules + spin-density functional theory
* New electron-correlation theories
LernzielThe aim of the course is to provide an in-depth knowledge of theory and method development in theoretical chemistry. It will be shown that this is necessary in order to be able to solve actual chemical problems on a computer with quantum chemical methods.

The relativistic re-derivation of all concepts known from (nonrelativistic) quantum mechanics and quantum-chemistry lectures will finally explain the form of all operators in the molecular Hamiltonian - usually postulated rather than deduced. From this, we derive operators needed for molecular spectroscopy (like those required by magnetic resonance spectroscopy). Implications of other assumptions in standard non-relativistic quantum chemistry shall be analyzed and understood, too. Examples are the Born-Oppenheimer approximation and the expansion of the electronic wave function in a set of pre-defined many-electron basis functions (Slater determinants). Overcoming these concepts, which are so natural to the theory of chemistry, will provide deeper insights into many-particle quantum mechanics. Also revisiting the workhorse of quantum chemistry, namely density functional theory, with an emphasis on open-shell electronic structures (radicals, transition-metal complexes) will contribute to this endeavor. It will be shown how these insights allow us to make more accurate predictions in chemistry in practice - at the frontier of research in theoretical chemistry.
Inhalt1) Introductory lecture: basics of quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry
2) Einstein's special theory of relativity and the (classical) electromagnetic interaction of two charged particles
3) Klein-Gordon and Dirac equation; the Dirac hydrogen atom
4) Numerical methods based on the Dirac-Fock-Coulomb Hamiltonian, two-component and scalar relativistic Hamiltonians
5) Response theory and molecular properties, derivation of property operators, Breit-Pauli-Hamiltonian
6) Relativistic effects in chemistry and the emergence of spin
7) Spin in density functional theory
8) New electron-correlation theories: Tensor network and matrix product states, the density matrix renormalization group
9) Quantum chemistry without the Born-Oppenheimer approximation
SkriptA set of detailed lecture notes will be provided, which will cover the whole course.
Literatur1) M. Reiher, A. Wolf, Relativistic Quantum Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, 2014, 2nd edition
2) F. Schwabl: Quantenmechanik für Fortgeschrittene (QM II), Springer-Verlag, 1997
[english version available: F. Schwabl, Advanced Quantum Mechanics]
3) R. McWeeny: Methods of Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Academic Press, 1992
4) C. R. Jacob, M. Reiher, Spin in Density-Functional Theory, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 112 (2012) 3661
Link
5) K. H. Marti, M. Reiher, New Electron Correlation Theories for Transition Metal Chemistry, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 (2011) 6750
Link
6) K.H. Marti, M. Reiher, The Density Matrix Renormalization Group Algorithm in Quantum Chemistry, Z. Phys. Chem. 224 (2010) 583
Link
7) E. Mátyus, J. Hutter, U. Müller-Herold, M. Reiher, On the emergence of molecular structure, Phys. Rev. A 83 2011, 052512
Link

Note also the standard textbooks:
A) A. Szabo, N.S. Ostlund. Verlag, Dover Publications
B) I. N. Levine, Quantum Chemistry, Pearson
C) T. Helgaker, P. Jorgensen, J. Olsen: Molecular Electronic-Structure Theory, Wiley, 2000
D) R.G. Parr, W. Yang: Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules, Oxford University Press, 1994
E) R.M. Dreizler, E.K.U. Gross: Density Functional Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1990
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesStrongly recommended (preparatory) courses are: quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry
Simulation of Semiconductor Devices
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
227-0157-00LSemiconductor Devices: Physical Bases and Simulation Information W4 KP3GA. Schenk
KurzbeschreibungThe course addresses the physical principles of modern semiconductor devices and the foundations of their modeling and numerical simulation. Necessary basic knowledge on quantum-mechanics, semiconductor physics and device physics is provided. Computer simulations of the most important devices and of interesting physical effects supplement the lectures.
LernzielThe course aims at the understanding of the principle physics of modern semiconductor devices, of the foundations in the physical modeling of transport and its numerical simulation. During the course also basic knowledge on quantum-mechanics, semiconductor physics and device physics is provided.
InhaltThe main topics are: transport models for semiconductor devices (quantum transport, Boltzmann equation, drift-diffusion model, hydrodynamic model), physical characterization of silicon (intrinsic properties, scattering processes), mobility of cold and hot carriers, recombination (Shockley-Read-Hall statistics, Auger recombination), impact ionization, metal-semiconductor contact, metal-insulator-semiconductor structure, and heterojunctions.
The exercises are focussed on the theory and the basic understanding of the operation of special devices, as single-electron transistor, resonant tunneling diode, pn-diode, bipolar transistor, MOSFET, and laser. Numerical simulations of such devices are performed with an advanced simulation package (Sentaurus-Synopsys). This enables to understand the physical effects by means of computer experiments.
SkriptThe script (in book style) can be downloaded from: Link
LiteraturThe script (in book style) is sufficient. Further reading will be recommended in the lecture.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesQualifications: Physics I+II, Semiconductor devices (4. semester).
227-0158-00LSemiconductor Devices: Transport Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation Information W4 KP2GF. Bufler
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture combines quasi-ballistic transport theory with application to realistic devices
of current and future CMOS technology.
All aspects such as quantum mechanics, phonon scattering or Monte Carlo techniques to
solve the Boltzmann equation are introduced. In the exercises advanced devices such
as FinFETs and nanosheets are simulated.
LernzielThe aim of the course is a fundamental understanding of the derivation of the Boltzmann
equation and its solution by Monte Carlo methods. The practical aspect is to become
familiar with technology computer-aided design (TCAD) and perform simulations of
advanced CMOS devices.
InhaltThe covered topics include:
- quantum mechanics and second quantization,
- band structure calculation including the pseudopotential method
- phonons
- derivation of the Boltzmann equation including scattering in the Markov limit
- stochastic Monte Carlo techniques to solve the Boltzmann equation
- TCAD environment and geometry generation
- Stationary bulk Monte Carlo simulation of velocity-field curves
- Transient Monte Carlo simulation for quasi-ballistic velocity overshoot
- Monte Carlo device simulation of FinFETs and nanosheets
SkriptLecture notes (in German)
LiteraturFurther reading will be recommended in the lecture.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesKnowledge of quantum mechanics is not required. Basic knowledge of semiconductor
physics is useful, but not necessary.
Systems Design
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
363-0541-00LSystems Dynamics and ComplexityW3 KP3GF. Schweitzer
KurzbeschreibungFinding solutions: what is complexity, problem solving cycle.

Implementing solutions: project management, critical path method, quality control feedback loop.

Controlling solutions: Vensim software, feedback cycles, control parameters, instabilities, chaos, oscillations and cycles, supply and demand, production functions, investment and consumption
LernzielA successful participant of the course is able to:
- understand why most real problems are not simple, but require solution methods that go beyond algorithmic and mathematical approaches
- apply the problem solving cycle as a systematic approach to identify problems and their solutions
- calculate project schedules according to the critical path method
- setup and run systems dynamics models by means of the Vensim software
- identify feedback cycles and reasons for unintended systems behavior
- analyse the stability of nonlinear dynamical systems and apply this to macroeconomic dynamics
InhaltWhy are problems not simple? Why do some systems behave in an unintended way? How can we model and control their dynamics? The course provides answers to these questions by using a broad range of methods encompassing systems oriented management, classical systems dynamics, nonlinear dynamics and macroeconomic modeling.
The course is structured along three main tasks:
1. Finding solutions
2. Implementing solutions
3. Controlling solutions

PART 1 introduces complexity as a system immanent property that cannot be simplified. It introduces the problem solving cycle, used in systems oriented management, as an approach to structure problems and to find solutions.

PART 2 discusses selected problems of project management when implementing solutions. Methods for identifying the critical path of subtasks in a project and for calculating the allocation of resources are provided. The role of quality control as an additional feedback loop and the consequences of small changes are discussed.

PART 3, by far the largest part of the course, provides more insight into the dynamics of existing systems. Examples come from biology (population dynamics), management (inventory modeling, technology adoption, production systems) and economics (supply and demand, investment and consumption). For systems dynamics models, the software program VENSIM is used to evaluate the dynamics. For economic models analytical approaches, also used in nonlinear dynamics and control theory, are applied. These together provide a systematic understanding of the role of feedback loops and instabilities in the dynamics of systems. Emphasis is on oscillating phenomena, such as business cycles and other life cycles.

Weekly self-study tasks are used to apply the concepts introduced in the lectures and to come to grips with the software program VENSIM.
Another objective of the self-study tasks is to practice efficient communication of such concepts.
These are provided as home work and two of these will be graded (see "Prerequisites").
SkriptThe lecture slides are provided as handouts - including notes and literature sources - to registered students only. All material is to be found on the Moodle platform. More details during the first lecture
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe end-of-semester examination will account for 70% of the grade and may be conducted on computers.
The self-study tasks contribute to the compulsory continuous performance assessment (obligatorisches Leistungselement) and account for 30% to the final grade.
The Leistungselement contains several modules: one obligatory self-study tasks (self-assessment, pass/fail), one group activity (one out of 3 group exercises, 15% of grade), and one individual submission (one out of 6 individual exercises, 15% of grade).
Students will also be required to submit peer feedback about self-study solutions of other students (4 feedback submissions in total).
The 30% Leistungselement is conditional on the pass/fail self-assessment exercise and the four feedback submissions.
Theoretical Physics
Im Master-Studiengang Angewandte Mathematik ist auch 402-0205-00L Quantenmechanik I als Fach im Vertiefungsgebiet Theoretical Physics anrechenbar, aber nur unter der Bedingung, dass 402-0224-00L Theoretische Physik nicht angerechnet wurde oder wird (weder im Bachelor- noch im Master-Studiengang). Wenden Sie sich für die Kategoriezuordnung nach dem Verfügen des Prüfungsresultates an das Studiensekretariat (Link).
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
402-0809-00LIntroduction to Computational PhysicsW8 KP2V + 2UL. Böttcher
KurzbeschreibungDiese Vorlesung bietet eine Einführung in Computersimulationsmethoden für physikalische Probleme und deren Implementierung auf PCs und Supercomputern. Die betrachteten Themen beinhalten: klassische Bewegungsgleichungen, partielle Differentialgleichungen (Wellengleichung, Diffussionsgleichung, Maxwell-Gleichungen), Monte-Carlo Simulationen, Perkolation, Phasenübergänge und komplexe Netzwerke.
LernzielStudenten lernen die folgenden Methoden anzuwenden: Prinzipien zur Erstellung von Zufallszahlen, Berechnung von kritischen Exponenten am Beispiel von Perkolation, Numerische Lösung von Problemen aus der klassichen Mechanik und Elektrodynamik, Kanonische Monte-Carlo Simulationen zur numerischen Betrachtung von magnetischen Systemen. Studenten lernen auch die Verwendung verschiedener Programmiersprachen und Bibliotheken zur Lösung physikalischer Probleme kennen. Zusätzlich lernen Studenten verschiedene numerische Verfahren zu unterscheiden und gezielt zur Lösung eines gegebenen physikalischen Problems einzusetzen.
InhaltEinführung in die rechnergestützte Simulation physikalischer Probleme. Anhand einfacher Modelle aus der klassischen Mechanik, Elektrodynamik und statistischen Mechanik sowie interdisziplinären Anwendungen werden die wichtigsten objektorientierten Programmiermethoden für numerische Simulationen (überwiegend in C++) erläutert. Daneben wird ein Überblick über vorhandene Softwarebibliotheken für numerische Simulationen geboten.
SkriptSkript und Folien sind online verfügbar und werden bei Bedarf verteilt.
LiteraturLiteraturempfehlungen und Referenzen sind im Skript enthalten.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesVorlesung und Übung in Englisch, Prüfung wahlweise auf Deutsch oder Englisch
402-2203-01LAllgemeine Mechanik Information W7 KP4V + 2UM. Gaberdiel
KurzbeschreibungBegriffliche und methodische Einführung in die theoretische Physik: Newtonsche Mechanik, Zentralkraftproblem, Schwingungen, Lagrangesche Mechanik, Symmetrien und Erhaltungssätze, Kreisel, relativistische Raum-Zeit-Struktur, Teilchen im elektromagnetischen Feld, Hamiltonsche Mechanik, kanonische Transformationen, integrable Systeme, Hamilton-Jacobi-Gleichung.
LernzielGrundlegendes Verständnis der Mechanik im Rahmen der Langrange'schen und Hamilton'schen Formulierung. Detailliertes Verständnis wichtiger Anwendungen, insbesondere des Keplerproblems, der Physik von starren Körpern (Kreisel), sowie von Schwingungsphänomenen.
402-0861-00LStatistical PhysicsW10 KP4V + 2UG. M. Graf
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture focuses on classical and quantum statistical physics. Various techniques, cumulant expansion, path integrals, and specific systems are discussed: Fermions, photons/phonons, Bosons, magnetism, van der Waals gas. Phase transitions are studied in mean field theory (Weiss, Landau). Including fluctuations leads to critical phenomena, scaling, and the renormalization group.
LernzielThis lecture gives an introduction into the the basic concepts and applications of statistical physics for the general use in physics and, in particular, as a preparation for the theoretical solid state physics education.
InhaltThermodynamics, three laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic potentials, phenomenology of phase transitions.
Classical statistical physics: micro-canonical-, canonical-, and grandcanonical ensembles, applications to simple systems.
Quantum statistical physics: single particle, ideal quantum gases, fermions and bosons, statistical interaction.
Techniques: variational approach, cumulant expansion, path integral formulation.
Degenerate fermions: Fermi gas, electrons in magnetic field.
Bosons: photons and phonons, Bose-Einstein condensation.
Magnetism: Ising-, XY-, Heisenberg models, Weiss mean-field theory.
Van der Waals gas-liquid transition.
Landau theory of phase transitions, first- and second order, tricritical.
Fluctuations: field theory approach, Gauss theory, self-consistent field, Ginzburg criterion.
Critical phenomena: scaling theory, universality.
Renormalization group: general theory and applications to spin models (real space RG), phi^4 theory (k-space RG), Kosterlitz-Thouless theory.
SkriptLecture notes available in English.
LiteraturNo specific book is used for the course. Relevant literature will be given in the course.
402-0843-00LQuantum Field Theory I
Fachstudierende UZH müssen das Modul PHY551 direkt an der UZH buchen.
W10 KP4V + 2UN. Beisert
KurzbeschreibungThis course discusses the quantisation of fields in order to introduce a coherent formalism for the combination of quantum mechanics and special relativity.
Topics include:
- Relativistic quantum mechanics
- Quantisation of bosonic and fermionic fields
- Interactions in perturbation theory
- Scattering processes and decays
- Elementary processes in QED
- Radiative corrections
LernzielThe goal of this course is to provide a solid introduction to the formalism, the techniques, and important physical applications of quantum field theory. Furthermore it prepares students for the advanced course in quantum field theory (Quantum Field Theory II), and for work on research projects in theoretical physics, particle physics, and condensed-matter physics.
402-0830-00LGeneral Relativity Information
Fachstudierende UZH müssen das Modul PHY511 direkt an der UZH buchen.
W10 KP4V + 2UP. Jetzer
KurzbeschreibungManifold, Riemannian metric, connection, curvature; Special Relativity; Lorentzian metric; Equivalence principle; Tidal force and spacetime curvature; Energy-momentum tensor, field equations, Newtonian limit; Post-Newtonian approximation; Schwarzschild solution; Mercury's perihelion precession, light deflection.
LernzielBasic understanding of general relativity, its mathematical foundations, and some of the interesting phenomena it predicts.
LiteraturSuggested textbooks:

C. Misner, K, Thorne and J. Wheeler: Gravitation
S. Carroll - Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General
Relativity
R. Wald - General Relativity
S. Weinberg - Gravitation and Cosmology
N. Straumann - General Relativity with applications to Astrophysics
» Wahlfächer Theoretische Physik
Transportation Science
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
101-0417-00LTransport Planning MethodsW6 KP4GK. W. Axhausen
KurzbeschreibungThe course provides the necessary knowledge to develop models supporting and also evaluating the solution of given planning problems.
The course is composed of a lecture part, providing the theoretical knowledge, and an applied part in which students develop their own models in order to evaluate a transport project/ policy by means of cost-benefit analysis.
Lernziel- Knowledge and understanding of statistical methods and algorithms commonly used in transport planning
- Comprehend the reasoning and capabilities of transport models
- Ability to independently develop a transport model able to solve / answer planning problem
- Getting familiar with cost-benefit analysis as a decision-making supporting tool
InhaltThe course provides the necessary knowledge to develop models supporting the solution of given planning problems and also introduces cost-benefit analysis as a decision-making tool. Examples of such planning problems are the estimation of traffic volumes, prediction of estimated utilization of new public transport lines, and evaluation of effects (e.g. change in emissions of a city) triggered by building new infrastructure and changes to operational regulations.

To cope with that, the problem is divided into sub-problems, which are solved using various statistical models (e.g. regression, discrete choice analysis) and algorithms (e.g. iterative proportional fitting, shortest path algorithms, method of successive averages).

The course is composed of a lecture part, providing the theoretical knowledge, and an applied part in which students develop their own models in order to evaluate a transport project/ policy by means of cost-benefit analysis. Interim lab session take place regularly to guide and support students with the applied part of the course.
SkriptMoodle platform (enrollment needed)
LiteraturWillumsen, P. and J. de D. Ortuzar (2003) Modelling Transport, Wiley, Chichester.

Cascetta, E. (2001) Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Sheffi, Y. (1985) Urban Transportation Networks: Equilibrium Analysis with Mathematical Programming Methods, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.

Schnabel, W. and D. Lohse (1997) Verkehrsplanung, 2. edn., vol. 2 of Grundlagen der Strassenverkehrstechnik und der Verkehrsplanung, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin.

McCarthy, P.S. (2001) Transportation Economics: A case study approach, Blackwell, Oxford.
Seminare und Semesterarbeiten
Seminare
Bitte Seminare frühzeitig im myStudies belegen, damit wir einen allfälligen Bedarf an weiteren Seminaren rechtzeitig erkennen. Bei einigen Seminaren werden Wartelisten geführt. Tragen Sie sich trotzdem für höchstens zwei Mathematik-Seminare ein.
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-4530-69LGauge Theory Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen W4 KP2SW. Merry
Kurzbeschreibung
LernzielThe goal of the seminar is to understand Donaldson’s famous theorem that certain topological 4-manifolds do not admit a smooth structure. The idea is to study the topology of the moduli space of anti-self dual connections.
InhaltWhat is gauge theory?

Very roughly speaking, gauge theory (or Yang-Mills theory) is the study of the space of connections on a principal bundle. A Yang-Mills connection is an extremal of the Yang-Mills functional. These connections are important in both mathematics and physics.

The most interesting case occurs when the base manifold is four-dimensional. Here one can also speak of instantons (or anti-self-dual connections). The instanton equations on four-manifolds were first studied in the late 70s. In 1981 as part of his PhD studies Simon Donaldson used these equations to make spectacular progress on (exotic) four-manifold topology.

A rough outline of the topics intended to be covered is:

1. The classification of complex line bundles, and the classification of unitary connections (up to gauge equivalence) over them.
2. The Hodge Theorem.
3. Yang-Mills connections.
4. Anti-self dual connections and instantons (in dimension 4).
5. Uhlenbeck Compactness.
6. Donaldson’s Theorem.
SkriptLecture notes will be written by the participants!
LiteraturAn overview of the literature available will be posted on my forum.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes**THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE PRE-REGISTERED WITH ME ON MY FORUM.**

This is an advanced seminar. It is assumed you are familiar with:

- Differential Geometry I
- Differential Geometry II
- Algebraic Topology I

In addition it would be helpful if you knew:

- Algebraic Topology II
- Functional Analysis I
401-3830-69LSeminar on Minimal Surfaces Information Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
The total number of students who may take this course for credit is limited to twenty; however further students are welcome to attend.
W4 KP2SA. Carlotto
KurzbeschreibungThis course is meant as an invitation to some key ideas and techniques in Geometric Analysis, with special emphasis on the theory of minimal surfaces. It is primarily conceived for advanced Bachelor or beginning Master students.
LernzielThe goal of this course is to get a first introduction to minimal surfaces both in the Euclidean space and in Riemannian manifolds, and to see analytic tools in action to solve natural geometric problems.

Students are guided through different types of references (standard monographs, surveys, research articles), encouraged to compare them and to critically prepare some expository work on a chosen topic.

This course takes the form of a working group, where interactions among students, and between students and instructor are especially encouraged.
InhaltThe minimal surface equation, examples and basic questions. Parametrized surfaces, first variation of the area functional, different characterizations of minimality. The Gauss map, basic properties. The Douglas-Rado approach, basic existence results for the Plateau problem. Monotonicity formulae and applications, including the Farey-Milnor theorem on knotted curves.
The second variation formula, stability and Morse index. The Bernstein problem and its solution in the two-dimensional case. Total curvature, curvature estimates and compactness theorems. Classification results for minimal surfaces of low Morse index.
LiteraturThree basic references that we will mostly refer to are the following ones:

1) B. White, Lectures on minimal surface theory, Geometric analysis, 387–438, IAS/Park City Math. Ser., 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2016.

2) T. Colding, W. Minicozzi, A course in minimal surfaces. Graduate Studies in Mathematics, 121. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2011. xii+313 pp.

3) R. Osserman, A survey of minimal surfaces. Second edition. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1986. vi+207 pp.

Further, more specific references will be listed during the first two introductory lectures.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe content of the first two years of the Bachelor program in Mathematics, in particular all courses in Real and Complex Analysis, Measure Theory, Topology.

Some familiarity with the language of Differential Geometry, although not a formal pre-requisite, might be highly helpful. Finally, a first course on elliptic equations (especially on basic topics like Schauder estimates and the maximum principle) might also be a plus.
401-4460-69LFunctional Analysis III, Unitary Representations Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Limited number of participants.
Please contact Link
W4 KP2SM. Einsiedler, weitere Referent/innen
KurzbeschreibungThe seminar is aimed at students having mastered (abelian) spectral theory and will discuss Unitary Representations and Unitary Duals. To get further into the theory the seminar is accompanied by a reading class with a second regular meeting every week. We will use the material Link
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesPrerequisites: Functional analysis II, spectral theory of abelian C*-algebras as discussed in the FA II course in spring 2019.

The students are required to also take the reading course accompanying the seminar.
401-3370-67LHomogeneous Dynamics and Counting Problems Information Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 12. Registration to the seminar will only be effective once confirmed by the organisers. Please contact Link.
W4 KP2SP. Yang, weitere Referent/innen
KurzbeschreibungIntroductory seminar about the connection between counting problems and mixing properties for group actions. We discuss linear groups, Haar measures, measure preserving actions, ergodicity, the theorem of Howe-Moore and use these concepts to count integer points on certain affine varieties.
Lernziel
InhaltThe goal behind the Gauss circle problem is to describe the asymptotics of
the number of integer points in a given ball in Euclidean space as the
radius of the ball goes to infinity. In this course we will study similar
problems such as counting the number of integer matrices of a given
determinant in large balls. In 1993 Duke, Rudnick and Sarnak solved
counting problems of this kind by proving equidistribution of certain
orbits in homogeneous spaces. Shortly thereafter, Eskin and McMullen gave
an approach to proving the desired equidistribution result by exploiting
mixing properties of certain group actions.

In this seminar we develop the tools required for understanding the
connection between mixing and counting for a selected number of explicit
cases. Exercises are an integral part of the seminar.
SkriptReferences will be provided.
LiteraturMain references:
M. Einsiedler, T. Ward Ergodic Theory with a view towards number theory,
Springer.
Further references will be provided.

Additional references:
W. Duke, Z. Rudnick, and P. Sarnak. Density of integer points on affine
homogeneous varieties. Duke Math. J. Volume 71, Number 1 (1993), 143-179.
A. Eskin and C. McMullen. Mixing, counting, and equidistribution in Lie
groups. Duke Math. J. Volume 71, Number 1 (1993), 181-209.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe students are expected to have mastered the content of the first two
years taught at ETH. The seminar is mainly intended for Bachelor students.
401-3920-17LNumerical Analysis Seminar: Mathematics for Biomimetics Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 8.
W4 KP2SH. Ammari, A. Vanel
KurzbeschreibungThe aim of this seminar is to explore how we can learn from Nature to provide new approaches to solving some of the most challenging problems in sensing systems and materials science.

An emphasis will be put on the mathematical foundation of bio-inspired perception algorithms in electrolocation and echolocation.
Lernziel
401-3650-68LNumerical Analysis Seminar: Mathematics of Deep Neural Network Approximation Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 6. Consent of Instructor needed.
W4 KP2SC. Schwab
KurzbeschreibungThe seminar will review recent _mathematical results_
on approximation power of deep neural networks (DNNs).
The focus will be on mathematical proof techniques to
obtain approximation rate estimates (in terms of neural network
size and connectivity) on various classes of input data
including, in particular, selected types of PDE solutions.
Lernziel
InhaltPresentation of the Seminar:
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have recently attracted substantial
interest and attention due to outperforming the best established
techniques in a number of tasks (Chess, Go, Shogi,
autonomous driving, language translation, image classification, etc.).
In big data analysis, DNNs achieved remarkable performance
in computer vision, speech recognition and natural language processing.
In many cases, these successes have been achieved by
heuristic implementations combined
with massive compute power and training data.

For a (bird's eye) view, see
Link
and, more mathematical and closer to the seminar theme,
Link

The seminar will review recent _mathematical results_
on approximation power of deep neural networks (DNNs).
The focus will be on mathematical proof techniques to
obtain approximation rate estimates (in terms of neural network
size and connectivity) on various classes of input data
including, in particular, selected types of PDE solutions.
Mathematical results support that DNNs can
equalize or outperform the best mathematical results
known to date.

Particular cases comprise:
high-dimensional parametric maps,
analytic and holomorphic maps,
maps containing multi-scale features which arise as solution classes from PDEs,
classes of maps which are invariant under group actions.

Format of the Seminar:
The seminar format will be oral student presentations, combined with written report.
Student presentations will be
based on a recent research paper selected in two meetings
at the start of the semester.

Grading of the Seminar:
Passing grade will require
a) 1hr oral presentation with Q/A from the seminar group and
b) typed seminar report (``Ausarbeitung'') of several key aspects
of the paper under review.

Each seminar topic will allow expansion to a semester or a
master thesis in the MSc MATH or MSc Applied MATH.

Disclaimer:
The seminar will _not_ address recent developments in DNN software,
eg. TENSORFLOW, and algorithmic training heuristics, or
programming techniques for DNN training in various specific applications.
401-3660-69LNumerical Analysis Seminar: Model Order Reduction and Reduced Bases for PDEs Information Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 5. Consent of Instructor needed.
W4 KP2SC. Marcati
KurzbeschreibungReduced Basis (RB) methods provide a technique to reduce the computational cost of problems described by partial differential equations which involve a wide range of parameters (parametric PDEs). Such problems are ubiquitous in science and engineering, both in the analysis of physical phenomena and in the design of new objects.
LernzielThe aim of this seminar is to review recent mathematical results on theoretical aspects of Reduced Basis
methods and to learn how model-order reduction techniques can be used to lower
computational cost in the solution of parametric PDEs.
InhaltReduced Basis (RB) methods provide a technique to reduce the computational cost of
problems described by partial differential equations which involve a wide range
of parameters (parametric PDEs). Such problems are ubiquitous
in science and engineering, both in the analysis of physical phenomena and in
the design of new objects.

Building on top of classical
finite element approximations, RB methods split the work into a
computationally heavy offline phase and an online phase—where
only a reduced-order model needs to be solved—that can be executed almost in real-time.
The first phase involves computing the high-fidelity solutions to the PDE on a carefully
selected "training" set of parameters (so-called snapshots). The snapshots are then
used as a reduced basis (hence the name of the method) for the solution of problems on new parameters.
The methods used for the (quasi-)optimal selection of the basis are of independent interest
and shared with other model-order reduction techniques in statistics, approximation, and
data science.

The estimates on a priori RB errors are linked with the
approximability of the classes of solutions to the equations; furthermire, reduced approximations can be used as a theoretical tool
in the analysis of other reduction techniques.
LiteraturIntroductory textbooks.

[1] Jan S. Hesthaven, Gianluigi Rozza, and Benjamin Stamm, Certified reduced basis
methods for parametrized partial differential equations, SpringerBriefs in Mathemat-
ics, Springer, Cham; BCAM Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao,
2016.

[2] Alfio Quarteroni, Andrea Manzoni, and Federico Negri, Reduced basis methods
for partial differential equations, Unitext, vol. 92, Springer, Cham, 2016.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesFormat of the seminar
The seminar format will be oral student presentations, combined with a written report.
Student presentations will be
based on a recent research paper selected in two meetings
at the start of the semester.
401-3620-69LStudent Seminar in Statistics: The Art of Statistics Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 24

Hauptsächlich für Studierende der Bachelor- und Master-Studiengänge Mathematik, welche nach der einführenden Lerneinheit 401-2604-00L Wahrscheinlichkeit und Statistik (Probability and Statistics) mindestens ein Kernfach oder Wahlfach in Statistik besucht haben. Das Seminar wird auch für Studierende der Master-Studiengänge Statistik bzw. Data Science angeboten.
W4 KP2SM. H. Maathuis
KurzbeschreibungWe will study the book "The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data" by David Spiegelhalter. The focus of the book is not so much on technical aspects, but more on concepts, philosophical aspects, statistical thinking and communication. Chapters will be presented by pairs of students, followed by an open discussion with everyone in the class.
LernzielWe will study roughly one chapter per week from the book "The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data" by David Spiegelhalter. The focus of the book is not so much on technical aspects, but more on concepts, philosophical aspects, statistical thinking and communication. This will also be the focus of the class, but we may occasionally look up additional information from references that are given in the book. Besides improving your statistical thinking, you will practice your self-studying, collaboration and presentation skills.
LiteraturDavid Spiegelhalter (2019). The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data. UK: Pelican. ISBN: 978-0-241-39863-0
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBesides an introductory course in Probability and Statistics, we require one subsequent Statistics course. We also expect some experience with the statistical software R. Topics will be assigned during the first meeting.
401-3920-69LTheory and Applications of Machine Learning Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 26.
W4 KP2SP. Cheridito
KurzbeschreibungThe seminar covers different aspects of machine learning.
LernzielThe goal is to learn some of the mathematical methods used in machine learning.
LiteraturUnderstanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms by Shalev-Shwartz and Ben-David
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesParticipants are required to attend and give a presentation.
401-4910-69LTopics in Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Analysis Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Number of participants limited to 24.
W4 KP2SC. Czichowsky
KurzbeschreibungBackward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) are an important tool of stochastic analysis. They appear naturally in applications of stochastic calculus in stochastic optimal control and mathematical finance. The seminar introduces students to the theory of BSDEs (rather than their applications) and covers different aspects of them.
LernzielThe goal is to learn mathematical results in the theory of BSDEs. We will study chapters of the book “Backward Stochastic Differential Equations” by Jianfeng Zhang.
Literatur"Backward Stochastic Differential Equations" by Jiangfeng Zhang.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesFamiliarity with measure-theoretic probability and stochastic calculus as in the standard D-MATH courses "Probability Theory" and "Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus" will be assumed. Textbook accounts can be found in the first two chapters of the book and the references therein.

Participants are expected to attend the seminar and give a presentation.

Topics will be assigned in the first meeting.
401-3200-69LA Survey of Geometric Group Theory Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Findet dieses Semester nicht statt.
Number of participants limited to 12.
W4 KP2S
KurzbeschreibungIn this class we will cover some of the tools, techniques, and groups central to the study of geometric group theory. After introducing the basic concepts (groups and metric spaces), we will branch out and sample different topics in geometric group theory based on the interest of the participants.
LernzielTo learn and understand a wide range of tools and groups central to the field of geometric group theory.
InhaltPossible topics include: properties of free groups and groups acting on trees, large scale geometric invariants (Dehn functions, hyperbolicity, ends of groups, asymptotic dimension, growth of groups), and examples of notable and interesting groups (Coxeter groups, right-angled Artin groups, lamplighter groups, Thompson's group, mapping class groups, and braid groups).
LiteraturThe topics will be chosen from "Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist" edited by Matt Clay and Dan Margalit.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesOne should be familiar with the basics of groups, metric spaces, and topology (should be familiar with the fundamental group).
Semesterarbeiten
Es gibt mehrere Lerneinheiten "Semesterarbeit", die alle gleichwertig sind. Wenn Sie im Lauf Ihres Studiums mehrere Semesterarbeiten schreiben, wählen Sie jeweils verschiedene Nummern aus, um wieder Kreditpunkte erhalten zu können.
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-3750-01LSemesterarbeit Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Voraussetzung: erfolgreicher Abschluss der Lerneinheit 401-2000-00L Scientific Works in Mathematics
Weitere Angaben unter Link
W8 KP11ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungSemesterarbeiten dienen der Vertiefung in einem spezifischen Fachbereich; die Themen werden den Studierenden zur individuellen Auswahl angeboten. Semesterarbeiten sollen die Fähigkeit der Studierenden zu selbständiger mathematischer Tätigkeit und zur schriftlichen Darstellung mathematischer Ergebnisse fördern.
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesEs gibt mehrere Lerneinheiten "Semesterarbeit", die alle gleichwertig sind. Wenn Sie im Lauf Ihres Studiums mehrere Semesterarbeiten schreiben, wählen Sie jeweils verschiedene Nummern aus, um wieder Kreditpunkte erhalten zu können.
401-3750-02LSemesterarbeit Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Voraussetzung: erfolgreicher Abschluss der Lerneinheit 401-2000-00L Scientific Works in Mathematics
Weitere Angaben unter Link
W8 KP11ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungSemesterarbeiten dienen der Vertiefung in einem spezifischen Fachbereich; die Themen werden den Studierenden zur individuellen Auswahl angeboten. Semesterarbeiten sollen die Fähigkeit der Studierenden zu selbständiger mathematischer Tätigkeit und zur schriftlichen Darstellung mathematischer Ergebnisse fördern.
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesEs gibt mehrere Lerneinheiten "Semesterarbeit", die alle gleichwertig sind. Wenn Sie im Lauf Ihres Studiums mehrere Semesterarbeiten schreiben, wählen Sie jeweils verschiedene Nummern aus, um wieder Kreditpunkte erhalten zu können.
401-3750-03LSemesterarbeit Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Voraussetzung: erfolgreicher Abschluss der Lerneinheit 401-2000-00L Scientific Works in Mathematics
Weitere Angaben unter Link
W8 KP11ABetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungSemesterarbeiten dienen der Vertiefung in einem spezifischen Fachbereich; die Themen werden den Studierenden zur individuellen Auswahl angeboten. Semesterarbeiten sollen die Fähigkeit der Studierenden zu selbständiger mathematischer Tätigkeit und zur schriftlichen Darstellung mathematischer Ergebnisse fördern.
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesEs gibt mehrere Lerneinheiten "Semesterarbeit", die alle gleichwertig sind. Wenn Sie im Lauf Ihres Studiums mehrere Semesterarbeiten schreiben, wählen Sie jeweils verschiedene Nummern aus, um wieder Kreditpunkte erhalten zu können.
GESS Wissenschaft im Kontext
Wer für den Bachelor-Abschluss bereits 3 KP an Sprachkursen anrechnen liess, benötigt auf Master-Stufe 2 KP aus dem "Wissenschaft im Kontext"-Programm ohne Sprachkurse.
vgl. Link (Aus dem Kursprogramm müssen grundsätzlich acht Kreditpunkte (KP) erworben werden – im Rahmen des Bachelor-Studiums in der Regel sechs KP, im Rahmen des Master-Studiums in der Regel zwei KP. Sprachkurse des Sprachenzentrums UZH-ETH können im Umfang von maximal drei KP angerechnet werden. Es gelten überdies folgende Einschränkungen: Im Falle der europäischen Sprachen Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch werden nur fortgeschrittene Sprachkurse ab Niveau B2 angerechnet. Deutsche Sprachkurse werden ab Niveau C2 angerechnet.)
» siehe Studiengang Wissenschaft im Kontext: Sprachkurse ETH/UZH
» siehe Studiengang Wissenschaft im Kontext: Typ A: Förderung allgemeiner Reflexionsfähigkeiten
» Empfehlungen aus dem Bereich Wissenschaft im Kontext (Typ B) für das D-MATH.
Master-Arbeit
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-2000-00LScientific Works in Mathematics
Zielpublikum:
Bachelor-Studierende im dritten Jahr;
Master-Studierende, welche noch keine entsprechende Ausbildung vorweisen können.
O0 KPÖ. Imamoglu
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to scientific writing for students with focus on publication standards and ethical issues, especially in the case of citations (references to works of others.)
LernzielLearn the basic standards of scientific works in mathematics.
Inhalt- Types of mathematical works
- Publication standards in pure and applied mathematics
- Data handling
- Ethical issues
- Citation guidelines
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesWeisung Link
401-2000-01LLunch Sessions – Thesis Basics für Mathematik-Studierende
Für Details und zur Registrierung für den freiwilligen MathBib-Schulungskurs: Link
Z0 KPReferent/innen
KurzbeschreibungFreiwilliger MathBib-Schulungskurs
Lernziel
401-4990-00LMaster's Thesis Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Zur Master-Arbeit wird nur zugelassen, wer:
a. das Bachelor-Studium erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat;
b. allfällige Auflagen für die Zulassung zum Master-Studiengang erfüllt hat.

Voraussetzung: erfolgreicher Abschluss der Lerneinheit 401-2000-00L Scientific Works in Mathematics
Weitere Angaben unter Link
O30 KP57DBetreuer/innen
KurzbeschreibungDie Master-Arbeit bildet den Abschluss des Studiengangs. In der Master-Arbeit wird eine grössere mathematische Aufgabe selbständig behandelt. Sie umfasst in der Regel das Studium vorhandener Fachliteratur, die Lösung weiterer damit verbundener Fragen sowie die schriftliche Darstellung der Ergebnisse.
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Zusätzliche Veranstaltungen
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
401-5000-00LZurich Colloquium in Mathematics Information E-0 KPS. Mishra, P. L. Bühlmann, R. Pandharipande, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungThe lectures try to give an overview of "what is going on" in important areas of contemporary mathematics, to a wider non-specialised audience of mathematicians.
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401-5990-00LZurich Graduate Colloquium Information E-0 KP1KUni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungThe Graduate Colloquium is an informal seminar aimed at graduate students and postdocs whose purpose is to provide a forum for communicating one's interests and thoughts in mathematics.
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401-4530-00LGeometry Graduate Colloquium Information E-0 KP1KReferent/innen
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401-5110-00LNumber Theory Seminar Information E-0 KP1KÖ. Imamoglu, P. S. Jossen, E. Kowalski, P. D. Nelson, R. Pink, G. Wüstholz
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5350-00LAnalysis Seminar Information E-0 KP1KM. Struwe, A. Carlotto, F. Da Lio, A. Figalli, N. Hungerbühler, M. Iacobelli, T. Ilmanen, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5370-00LErgodic Theory and Dynamical Systems Information E-0 KP1KM. Akka Ginosar, M. Einsiedler, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5530-00LGeometry Seminar Information E-0 KP1KM. Einsiedler, P. Feller, U. Lang, A. Sisto, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5580-00LSymplectic Geometry Seminar Information E-0 KP2KP. Biran, A. Cannas da Silva
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5330-00LTalks in Mathematical Physics Information E-0 KP1KA. Cattaneo, G. Felder, M. Gaberdiel, G. M. Graf, T. H. Willwacher, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5650-00LZurich Colloquium in Applied and Computational Mathematics Information E-0 KP2KR. Abgrall, R. Alaifari, H. Ammari, R. Hiptmair, S. Mishra, S. Sauter, C. Schwab
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5600-00LSeminar on Stochastic Processes Information E-0 KP1KJ. Bertoin, A. Nikeghbali, B. D. Schlein, A.‑S. Sznitman, V. Tassion
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5620-00LResearch Seminar on Statistics Information E-0 KP2KA. Bandeira, P. L. Bühlmann, L. Held, T. Hothorn, D. Kozbur, M. H. Maathuis, C. Uhler, S. van de Geer, M. Wolf
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5640-00LZüKoSt: Seminar on Applied Statistics Information E-0 KP1KM. Kalisch, A. Bandeira, P. L. Bühlmann, R. Furrer, L. Held, T. Hothorn, M. H. Maathuis, M. Mächler, L. Meier, M. Robinson, C. Strobl, C. Uhler, S. van de Geer
KurzbeschreibungEtwa 5 Vorträge zur angewandten Statistik.
LernzielKennenlernen von statistischen Methoden in ihrer Anwendung in verschiedenen Anwendungsgebieten.
InhaltIn etwa 5 Einzelvorträgen pro Semester werden Methoden der Statistik einzeln oder überblicksartig vorgestellt, oder es werden Probleme und Problemtypen aus einzelnen Anwendungsgebieten besprochen.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesDies ist keine Vorlesung. Es wird keine Prüfung durchgeführt, und es werden keine Kreditpunkte vergeben.
Nach besonderem Programm:
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Lehrsprache ist Englisch oder Deutsch je nach ReferentIn.
401-5680-00LFoundations of Data Science Seminar Information E-0 KPP. L. Bühlmann, A. Bandeira, H. Bölcskei, J. M. Buhmann, T. Hofmann, A. Krause, A. Lapidoth, H.‑A. Loeliger, M. H. Maathuis, G. Rätsch, C. Uhler, S. van de Geer
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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401-5910-00LTalks in Financial and Insurance Mathematics Information E-0 KP1KP. Cheridito, J. Teichmann, M. V. Wüthrich, weitere Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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InhaltRegular research talks on various topics in mathematical finance and actuarial mathematics
401-5900-00LOptimization Seminar Information E-0 KP1KA. Bandeira, R. Weismantel, R. Zenklusen
KurzbeschreibungLectures on current topics in optimization
LernzielExpose graduate students to ongoing research acitivites (including applications) in the domain of otimization.
InhaltThis seminar is a forum for researchers interested in optimization theory and its applications. Speakers are expected to stimulate discussions on theoretical and applied aspects of optimization and related subjects. The focus is on efficient algorithms for continuous and discrete optimization problems, complexity analysis of algorithms and associated decision problems, approximation algorithms, mathematical modeling and solution procedures for real-world optimization problems in science, engineering, industries, public sectors etc.
401-5960-00LKolloquium über Mathematik, Informatik und Unterricht Information
Fachdidaktik für Mathematik- und Informatiklehrpersonen.
E-0 KPN. Hungerbühler, M. Akveld, J. Hromkovic, H. Klemenz
KurzbeschreibungDidaktikkolloquium
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402-0101-00LThe Zurich Physics Colloquium Information E-0 KP1KS. Huber, A. Refregier, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
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402-0800-00LThe Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium Information E-0 KP1KO. Zilberberg, Uni-Dozierende
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
LernzielThe Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium is jointly organized by the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. Its mission is to bring both students and faculty with diverse interests in theoretical physics together. Leading experts explain the basic questions in their field of research and communicate the fascination for their work.
251-0100-00LKolloquium für Informatik Information E-0 KP2KDozent/innen
KurzbeschreibungEingeladene Vorträge aus dem gesamten Bereich der Informatik, zu denen auch Auswärtige kostenlos eingeladen sind. Zu Semesterbeginn erscheint jeweils ein ausführliches Programm.
LernzielDas Kolloquium des Departements Informatik bietet die Gelegenheit, international renommierte Wissenschaftler zu aktuellen Themen der Informatik zu hören. Die Veranstaltungsreihe ist öffentlich und Besucher sind sehr willkommen. Studierenden des Departements wird besonders empfohlen, am Kolloquium teilzunehmen. Die Vorträge umfassen auch Antritts- und Abschiedsvorlesungen der Professorinnen und Professoren des Departements.
InhaltEingeladene Vorträge aus dem gesamten Bereich der Informatik, zu denen auch Auswärtige kostenlos eingeladen sind. Zu Semesterbeginn erscheint jeweils ein ausführliches Programm.
Auflagen-Lerneinheiten
Das untenstehende Lehrangebot gilt nur für MSc Studierende mit Zulassungsauflagen.
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
406-2004-AALAlgebra II
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-5 KP11RR. Pandharipande
KurzbeschreibungGalois theory and related topics.

The precise content changes with the examiner. Candidates must therefore contact the examiner in person before studying the material.
LernzielIntroduction to fundamentals of field extensions, Galois theory, and related topics.
InhaltThe main topic is Galois Theory. Starting point is the problem of solvability of algebraic equations by radicals. Galois theory solves this problem by making a connection between field extensions and group theory. Galois theory will enable us to prove the theorem of Abel-Ruffini, that there are polynomials of degree 5 that are not solvable by radicals, as well as Galois' theorem characterizing those polynomials which are solvable by radicals.
LiteraturJoseph J. Rotman, "Advanced Modern Algebra" third edition, part 1,
Graduate Studies in Mathematics,Volume 165
American Mathematical Society

Galois Theory is the topic treated in Chapter A5.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesAlgebra I, in Rotman's book this corresponds to the topics treated in the Chapters A3 and A4.
406-2005-AALAlgebra I and II
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-12 KP26RR. Pandharipande
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction and development of some basic algebraic structures - groups, rings, fields including Galois theory, representations of finite groups, algebras.

The precise content changes with the examiner. Candidates must therefore contact the examiner in person before studying the material.
Lernziel
InhaltBasic notions and examples of groups;
Subgroups, Quotient groups and Homomorphisms,
Group actions and applications

Basic notions and examples of rings;
Ring Homomorphisms,
ideals, and quotient rings, rings of fractions
Euclidean domains, Principal ideal domains, Unique factorization
domains

Basic notions and examples of fields;
Field extensions, Algebraic extensions, Classical straight edge and compass constructions

Fundamentals of Galois theory
Representation theory of finite groups and algebras
LiteraturJoseph J. Rotman, "Advanced Modern Algebra" third edition, part 1,
Graduate Studies in Mathematics,Volume 165
American Mathematical Society
406-2303-AALComplex Analysis
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-6 KP13RP. Biran
KurzbeschreibungComplex functions of one variable, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy theorem and integral formula, singularities, residue theorem, index of closed curves, analytic continuation, conformal mappings, Riemann mapping theorem.
Lernziel
LiteraturL. Ahlfors: "Complex analysis. An introduction to the theory of analytic functions of one complex variable." International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics. McGraw-Hill Book Co.

B. Palka: "An introduction to complex function theory."
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, 1991.

R.Remmert: Theory of Complex Functions.. Springer Verlag

E.Hille: Analytic Function Theory. AMS Chelsea Publication
406-2284-AALMeasure and Integration
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-6 KP13RJ. Teichmann
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to the abstract measure theory and integration, including the following topics: Lebesgue measure and Lebesgue integral, Lp-spaces, convergence theorems, differentiation of measures, product measures (Fubini's theorem), abstract measures, Radon-Nikodym theorem, probabilistic language.
LernzielBasic acquaintance with the theory of measure and integration, in particular, Lebesgue's measure and integral.
Literatur1. Lecture notes by Professor Michael Struwe (Link)
2. L. Evans and R.F. Gariepy "Measure theory and fine properties of functions"
3. Walter Rudin "Real and complex analysis"
4. R. Bartle The elements of Integration and Lebesgue Measure
5. P. Cannarsa & T. D'Aprile: Lecture notes on Measure Theory and Functional Analysis. Link
406-2554-AALTopology
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-6 KP13RA. Sisto
KurzbeschreibungTopological spaces, continuous maps, connectedness, compactness, metric spaces, quotient spaces, homotopy, fundamental group and covering spaces, van Kampen Theorem.
Lernziel
LiteraturJames Munkres: Topology
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe precise content changes with the examiner. Candidates must therefore contact the examiner in person before studying the material.
406-2604-AALProbability and Statistics
Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben.

Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen.
E-7 KP15RF. Balabdaoui
KurzbeschreibungIntroduction to probability and statistics with many examples, based on chapters from the books "Probability and Random Processes" by G. Grimmett and D. Stirzaker and "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis" by J. Rice.
LernzielThe goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic ideas and concepts from probability theory and mathematical statistics. In addition to a mathematically rigorous treatment, also an intuitive understanding and familiarity with the ideas behind the definitions are emphasized. Measure theory is not used systematically, but it should become clear why and where measure theory is needed.
InhaltProbability:
Chapters 1-5 (Probabilities and events, Discrete and continuous random variables, Generating functions) and Sections 7.1-7.5 (Convergence of random variables) from the book "Probability and Random Processes". Most of this material is also covered in Chap. 1-5 of "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis", on a slightly easier level.

Statistics:
Sections 8.1 - 8.5 (Estimation of parameters), 9.1 - 9.4 (Testing Hypotheses), 11.1 - 11.3 (Comparing two samples) from "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis".
LiteraturGeoffrey Grimmett and David Stirzaker, Probability and Random Processes.
3rd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2001.

John A. Rice, Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, 3rd edition.
Duxbury Press, 2006.