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Marius Lemm

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Professor of #MathematicalPhysics at University of Tübingen (@unituebingen.bsky.social) Working on #quantum many-body physics and mathematical analysis Website: www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/de/forsch…

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arXiv @arxiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
arXiv has updated our policy on rate limiting for all submitters. This update was made to fairly distribute moderator time & support the arXiv community of staff, volunteers, readers & authors. Please read our announcement to learn more: blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/updated-r…
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Daniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've written an essay on how I think the mathematics profession should adapt to highly capable AI systems. It's hosted here on "Proofs and Prompts": proofsandprompts.com/2026/09/14/a... though you should also feel free to complain/comment on my website here: daniellitt.com/blog/2026/9/...
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A beginning for mathematics
Daniel Litt, professor at the University of Toronto Three years ago, AI systems could not reliably add two numbers. A year ago, internal models at OpenAI and DeepMind received the equivalent of a g…
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Open tenure-track professorship in Tübingen on theoretical solid-state physics (correlated quantum phenomena)! www.quantiki.org/position/jun... Deadline: September 27
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Junior Professor for Theoretical Solid-State Physics (f/m/d)
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Seems to me like the key skills needed for effectively using AI in math research overlap with the skill set of experienced advisors: asking deep questions, identifying promising directions, teaching good presentation skills
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Statement by the American Mathematical Society: ams.org/news?news_id... "The news today of progress on resolving the Navier–Stokes problem, one of mathematics' great longstanding challenges concerning the equations that govern the flow of fluids, represents a milestone advance in human knowledge.
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WebsEdge Science @websedgescience.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lightning strikes and the flash reaches you almost instantly, but the thunder takes longer. At @unituebingen.bsky.social, mathematicians study the quantum equivalent: how fast information can travel through an interacting quantum system. #ICM2026 youtu.be/8Uuef69MoNM
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The Mathematics of Quantum Propagation | University of Tübingen
Physics has repeatedly transformed mathematics by creating entirely new scientific questions. From fluid dynamics to gen
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Excited to see our research featured on ICMtv! How fast does information travel in a quantum many-body system? We're building mathematical tools to control the quantum "speed of sound". Watch the full YouTube video to learn more about our work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uue... #MathematicalPhysics
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The Mathematics of Quantum Propagation | University of Tübingen
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 08/07/2026
Chinmay Nirkhe, Mark Zhandry, John Bostanci, and Jonas Haferkamp blended ideas from cryptography, statistical physics, and other far-flung fields to show that quantum proofs are more powerful than classical ones. www.quantamagazine.org/researchers-...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Sharing a postdoc opening for a Hooke/Titchmarsh Research Fellowship in Complex Systems at Oxford. Independent position with possibility to collaborate, e.g., with Random Matrix Theory group around Jon Keating & Joscha Henheik For details, see: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81487 Deadline: June 24
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Timothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...
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An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry
An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you're looking for an M.Sc. program in mathematical quantum physics and general relativity, consider the Tübingen International M.Sc. Program in #MathematicalPhysics www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/en/mmp Open for applications
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 21/04/2026
Congratulations to ERG grantee Frank Merle on winning the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his work on nonlinear evolution equations & their role in understanding complex physical systems. 🔗 breakthroughprize.org/News/98
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Breakthrough Prize – Breakthrough Prize Announces 2026 Laureates
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Forschung im Überschneidungsbereich von #Analysis, #Geometrie und #Physik: Professor Gerhard Huisken ist heute für herausragende Verdienste um die #Mathematik mit dem #Bundesverdienstkreuz geehrt worden. 👏 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... @mwk-bw.bsky.social
Petra Olschowski, Ministerin für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, hat Professor Gerhard Huisken das Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Beisein von Professorin Dr. Dr. h.c. (Dōshisha) Karla Pollmann, Rektorin der Universität Tübingen, auf Schloss Hohentübingen überreicht. Foto: Universität Tübingen/Alexander Ries
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American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The 2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research is awarded to László Erdős, Benjamin Schlein, and Horng-Tzer Yau for their series of three papers. Read more. Link in comments.
Portrait of László Erdős with text announcing his 2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research by AMS.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A new paper with Bogdan Georgiev, Javier Gomez-Serrano, and Adam Zsolt Wagner: "Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale" arxiv.org/abs/2511.02864. Further discussion is at terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/m...
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Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale
AlphaEvolve is a generic evolutionary coding agent that combines the generative capabilities of LLMs with automated evaluation in an iterative evolutionary framework that proposes, tests, and refines ...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Are the dynamics of disordered quantum many-body systems easier to simulate? --> Yes, because entanglement spreads slowly for a non-perturbatively long time (a.k.a. "prethermal MBL"). This is true in any dimension. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11831 Thanks to my collaborators Ben McDonough and Andy Lucas!
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anthony-leverrier.bsky.social @anthony-leverrier.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The future is here: a formalization in Lean of the generalized quantum Stein's lemma! Amazing that this can be done. arxiv.org/abs/2510.08672
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A Formalization of the Generalized Quantum Stein's Lemma in Lean
The Generalized Quantum Stein's Lemma is a theorem in quantum hypothesis testing that provides an operational meaning to the relative entropy within the context of quantum resource theories. Its origi...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New preprint on Hamiltonian Learning of Coulomb potentials and smooth potentials in continuous space arxiv.org/abs/2510.08471 Thanks to my collaborators, @hippoquantus.bsky.social , Tim Möbus, and Oliver Siebert!
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Learning Coulomb Potentials and Beyond with Fermions in Continuous Space
We present a modular algorithm for learning external potentials in continuous-space free-fermion models including Coulomb potentials in any dimension. Compared to the lattice-based approaches, the con...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
New preprint with @nickrhj.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22438 Is a typical translation-invariant Hamiltonian gapped or gapless? ---> We prove that for random rank-1 interactions on any bounded-degree graph, the Hamiltonian is *gapped* with high probability as local dimension grows.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 22/08/2025
Horng-Tzer Yau has spent decades studying the interplay of randomness and order in matrices. In 2008, Jun Yin, a former physicist, joined Yau’s group. In spring of 2024, the pair made the biggest advance on the problem since the 1980s. www.quantamagazine.org/new-physics-...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Open position in Tübingen! Assistant Professor of Mathematical Quantum Theory (non tenure-track, up to 6 years) Deadline is September 30, 2025. More info including how to apply: www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26... The last person to hold this position was the formidable @angelacapel.bsky.social
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MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
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John Watrous @johnwatrous.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
After 3 1/2 years of work my course on quantum computing is finally finished — the "Director's Cut" of Understanding Quantum Information and Computation is now available. arxiv.org/abs/2507.11536
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Understanding Quantum Information and Computation
This is a course on the theory of quantum computing. It consists of 16 lessons, each with a video and written component, covering the basics of quantum information, quantum algorithms (including query...
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow". Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 30/06/2025
My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling (Gift Article)
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This year, the fall meeting of the German Physical Society celebrates 100 years of quantum theory quantum25.dpg-tagungen.de Göttingen, September 8-12 The deadline for abstract submission is this Saturday, May 31.
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2. DPG-Herbsttagung: 100 Jahre Quantenmechanik
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New preprint with Carla Rubiliani and Jingxuan Zhang "On the quantum dynamics of long-ranged Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonians" arxiv.org/abs/2505.01786 We prove that the speed of boson propagation is bounded under the optimal long-range condition (for power law exponent \alpha>d+1)
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On the quantum dynamics of long-ranged Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonians
We study the quantum dynamics generated by Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonians with long-ranged (power law) terms. We prove two ballistic propagation bounds for suitable initial states: (i) A bound on all momen...
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Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Great explanation of the basics of quantum computing and Grover's algorithm by 3Blue1Brown. He also addresses the common misconception of "exponential parallelism". www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWp...
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But what is quantum computing? (Grover's Algorithm)
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Until recently, we thought that transporting a macroscopic cloud of particles a distance r in time t is suppressed by the usual LR-type light cone exp(vt-r) Turns out, the decay rate is proportional to the number of transported particles N exp(N(vt-r)) arxiv.org/abs/2503.19788
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
If you're an undergraduate student interested in the mathematics of quantum physics and general relativity, consider the Tübingen International M.Sc. Program in #MathematicalPhysics www.math.uni-tuebingen.de/en/mmp Opens for applications today
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I am happy to announce that the Kakeya set conjecture, one of the most sought after open problems in geometric measure theory, has now been proven (in three dimensions) by Hong Wang and Joshua Zahl! arxiv.org/abs/2502.17655 I discuss some ideas of the proof at terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/t...
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Volume estimates for unions of convex sets, and the Kakeya set conjecture in three dimensions
We study sets of $δ$ tubes in $\mathbb{R}^3$, with the property that not too many tubes can be contained inside a common convex set $V$. We show that the union of tubes from such a set must have almos...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Had an amazing week at our Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop "New Directions in Correlated Quantum Systems" Huge thanks to our enthusiastic participants from both mathematics & physics!
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Victor V. Albert @vva.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
ArXiv quant-ph needs to be split up! Paul Ginsparg lists Daniel Gottesman's proposed subcategories at his @aspenphysics.bsky.social talk. He is looking for feedback: please reply, dm, or email.
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My colleague Mitia Duerinckx in Brussels is accepting applications for an open postdoc position in PDE & mathematical physics It's funded by Mitia's ERC grant "PASTIS: Scaling limits of particle systems and microstructural disorder" For more info, see mitia.duerinckx.web.ulb.be/postdoc-posi....
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David Sutter @quantum-sutter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Uhlmann's theorem states that the fidelity of two (mixed) states can be expressed in terms of their purifications (where the fidelity simplifies). In arxiv.org/abs/2502.01749 we generalize Uhlmann's theorem to Rényi relative entropies.
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Uhlmann's theorem for relative entropies
Uhlmann's theorem states that, for any two quantum states $ρ_{AB}$ and $σ_A$, there exists an extension $σ_{AB}$ of $σ_A$ such that the fidelity between $ρ_{AB}$ and $σ_{AB}$ equals the fidelity betwe...
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Zoltán Zimborás @zoltanzimboras.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
To reach some consensus about the prospects of near-term (late nisq and early fault tolerant) quantum computing, we had a 3-day discussion event (“Quantum Now”) in Lapland with both optimists and pessimists. This continued at SeeQA 2024 in Oxford. See our conclusions here arxiv.org/abs/2501.05694
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Myths around quantum computation before full fault tolerance: What no-go theorems rule out and what they don't
In this perspective article, we revisit and critically evaluate prevailing viewpoints on the capabilities and limitations of near-term quantum computing and its potential transition toward fully fault...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
What is the propagation speed of Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonians when the initial state is a BEC? We now have an answer in the mean-field regime (with applications to effective dynamics) arxiv.org/abs/2412.13868 Thanks to my collaborators Simone Rademacher and Jingxuan Zhang!
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Local enhancement of the mean-field approximation for bosons
We study the quantum many-body dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) on the lattice in the mean-field regime. We derive a local enhancement of the mean-field approximation: At positive distance...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Two open positions in mathematical physics in Tübingen funded by ERC Starting Grant "MathQuantProp: The Mathematics of Quantum Propagation" Ph.D. position www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26... Postdoc position www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26... start: mid 2025 (flexible) deadline: January 15, 2025
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
New preprint with Tom Wessel: "Enhanced Lieb-Robinson bounds for commuting long-range interactions" arxiv.org/abs/2411.19241 We observe that the power-law decay exponent required for a linear light cone improves from 2D+1 to 1 if the interactions are commuting. (Here D=spatial dim.)
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Enhanced Lieb-Robinson bounds for commuting long-range interactions
Recent works have revealed the intricate effect of long-range interactions on information transport in quantum many-body systems: In $D$ spatial dimensions, interactions decaying as a power-law $r^{-α...
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Timothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A few days ago Lawrence Hollom posted a preprint that solves a problem about posets, informally known as the fishbone conjecture, which I am told was extremely central in the area. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2411.16844
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A resolution of the Aharoni-Korman conjecture
A poset $P$ is said to satisfy the finite antichain condition, or FAC for short, if it has no infinite antichain. It was conjectured by Aharoni and Korman in 1992 that any FAC poset $P$ possesses a ch...
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Marius Lemm @mariuslemm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Workshop on "Correlations of quantum many-body systems" from Dec 16-20 at the University of Tübingen with excellent speakers: sites.google.com/view/coqmbs/... Deadline for submissions for contributed talks is Dec 1. Thanks to Álvaro, Ángela, Sebastian and Simone for organizing this!
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