Welcome to the Felix Klein Center for Mathematics!

Are you fascinated by mathematics? Then the Felix Klein Center for Mathematics is the right place for you! Whether your focus is on school, university studies, or a teaching career, the Center’s goal is to support mathematics enthusiasts and build networks.

The Felix Klein Center for Mathematics serves as the institutional link between the Department of »Mathematics« at the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM. It was founded in December 2008 as part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate’s “Mathematics Initiative” and is named after the renowned mathematician and science organizer Felix Klein (1849–1925). The Center brings together excellent research and teaching in both pure and applied mathematics at the Kaiserslautern campus.

Latest: News and Events

 

Kaiserslautern / Information Session / 13.06.2026

Day of Mathematics 2026

Together with the the Fraunhofer ITWM we have an information booth at Mathematics Day at RPTU Kaiserslautern, where we provide information about career opportunities. In addition, the experts from Fraunhofer ITWM present four lectures under the theme »People Make Math – 30 Years of Applied Mathematics at Fraunhofer ITWM.«

Registration deadline: May 25, 2026

 

Colloquium / Kaiserslautern / 19.05.2026

Loss of Hyperbolicity in Complex Systems

The lecture provides a concise overview of the significance of hyperbolicity in dynamic systems and uses illustrative examples to show what new dynamics and structures emerge when this property is lost. This highlights how this perspective broadens our understanding of complex systems.

 

Blick über den Tellerrand / Hybrid Talk / 07.05.2026

How Our Brain Ages – and What We Can Do About It

While the aging of our brains follows fundamental mechanisms, the process varies greatly from person to person. In her lecture, Prof. Dr. Dr. Svenja Caspers discusses key factors influencing brain aging and new preventive approaches to maintaining brain health. [The lecture will be given in German.]

 

Short News / 20.03.2026

Who Is Advancing to the Final?

The Mathematics Olympiad is a four-stage competition for exceptionally gifted students: after the school, regional, and state rounds in Rhineland-Palatinate, the top participants were honored as finalists at a ceremony at the Fraunhofer ITWM in Kaiserslautern. Intensive preparation in the Math Camp supported them along the way – now the best will compete in the federal final in Hamburg.

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