Discrete and algorithmic mathematics is an area that studies combinatorial and discrete structures, in particular graphs and networks, finite geometries, discrete geometric structures and combinatorial aspects in algebra and number theory.
It includes their computational and algorithmic aspects arising from the particularly natural connection of discrete mathematics with computer science.
With tools coming from analysis, topology, algebra, geometry and probability and a wide range of applications in computer science, information theory, coding theory, statistics, physics, biology and social sciences, discrete mathematics is a genuine interdisciplinary area both within mathematics and in connection with science and technology as a whole.
The main goal of this Network is to foster cooperation among the existing groups in the area in Spain, reinforcing their scientific collaboration, coordinating scientific activities and training of young researchers and increase the international visibility of the Spanish research in Discrete Mathematics.
It will reinforce the participation of female researchers and promote outreach activities for the social awareness of science and technology with particular focus on Discrete Mathematics.
18 Nov 2025
The systematic study of power semigroups began in the 1960s and was initiated by Tamura and Shafer. A central question that arose from their work was the so called isomorphism problem for power semigroups
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23 Oct 2025
Frederick Manners has been awarded one of the European Mathematical Society prizes in recognition of his outstanding contributions in arithmetic combinatorics and related areas. Manners, who is currently an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego, has been particularly praised for his work in the area known as higher-order Fourier analysis. We will focus here on two of his main contributions.
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10 Jul 2025
Amongst every signed sum of a subset of k elements of a given set of n unit vectors in the d-dimensional space, select the one of maximum Euclidean norm, and find how small can this value be. This problem belongs to a very important family of problems in discrete and convex geometry, in particular, to that of 'unit vector balancing problems'. This problem is connected to geometric optimization, geometric discrepancy theory, lp-polarization problem, or p-frame energies, amongst others.
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11 Jun 2025
As it is stated in Hutchcroft’s laudatio, this EMS Prize has been awarded *"for his revolutionary contributions to probability theory and geometric group theory, in particular to percolation theory on general graphs, using tools from geometry, operator theory, group theory and functional analysis."*.
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01 Apr 2025
Richard Montgomery was one of the ten recipients of the prestigious European Mathematical Society (EMS) prize, given in during the ninth European Congress of Mathematics, in Sevilla.
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