Long-term investment in mathematics a success factor
This year, seventeen mathematicians will share funding worth SEK 28 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program. Their work includes mathematical studies of the pandemic, models of random events and theories for extreme values.“It is extremely heartening to see that the Foundation’s investments in mathematics, through programs such as the Scholars and Fellows programs and the mathematics part of the WASP program, are having an effect. Sweden has world-leading research environments and is attracting mathematicians from abroad,” says Peter Wallenberg Jr, chair of