Research
Theoretical Mathematics / Differential- and algebraic geometry
Preprints: arXiv | iNSPIRE
Databases: MathSciNet | zbMATH
Teaching
- Course Algebraische Geometrie 1 ILIAS | c@mpus
- Course Commutative Algebra A ILIAS | c@mpus
Publications
- 21. Altmann, K., Witt, F.: Toric co-Higgs sheaves. J. Pure Appl. Algebra. 225, 20 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpaa.2020.106634.
- 20. Ammann, B., Kröncke, K., Weiss, H., Witt, F.: Holonomy rigidity for Ricci-flat metrics. Math. Z. 291, 303--311 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-018-2084-3.
- 19. Mazzeo, R., Swoboda, J., Weiss, H., Witt, F.: Asymptotic geometry of the Hitchin metric. Commun. Math. Phys. 367, 151--191 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-019-03358-y.
- 18. Mazzeo, R., Swoboda, J., Weiss, H., Witt, F.: Ends of the moduli space of Higgs bundles. Duke Math. J. 165, 2227--2271 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1215/00127094-3476914.
- 17. Ammann, B., Weiss, H., Witt, F.: A spinorial energy functional: critical points and gradient flow. Math. Ann. 365, 1559--1602 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-015-1315-8.
- 16. Ammann, B., Weiss, H., Witt, F.: The spinorial energy functional on surfaces. Math. Z. 282, 177--202 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-015-1537-1.
- 15. Mazzeo, R., Swoboda, J., Weiß, H., Witt, F.: Limiting configurations for solutions of Hitchin’s equation. In: Actes de Séminaire de Théorie Spectrale et Géométrie. Année 2012--2014. pp. 91--116. St. Martin d’Hères: Université de Grenoble I, Institut Fourier (2014). https://doi.org/10.5802/tsg.296.
- 14. Fino, A., Semmelmann, U., Wiśniewski, J., Witt, F. eds: Mini-workshop: Quaternion Kähler Structures in Riemannian and Algebraic Geometry. Oberwolfach Rep. 10, 3115--3145 (2013). https://doi.org/10.4171/OWR/2013/53.
- 13. Weiß, H., Witt, F.: A heat flow for special metrics. Adv. Math. 231, 3288--3322 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2012.08.007.
- 12. Weiss, H., Witt, F.: Energy functionals and soliton equations for \(G_2\)-forms. Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 42, 585--610 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10455-012-9328-y.
- 11. Hochenegger, A., Witt, F.: On complex and symplectic toric stacks. In: Contributions to algebraic geometry. Impanga lecture notes. Based on the Impanga conference on algebraic geometry, Banach Center, Bedlewo, Poland, July 4--10, 2010. pp. 305--331. Zürich: European Mathematical Society (EMS) (2012). https://doi.org/10.4171/114-1/11.
- 10. Gayet, D., Witt, F.: Deformations of associative submanifolds with boundary. Adv. Math. 226, 2351--2370 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2010.09.014.
- 9. Jeschek, C., Witt, F.: Generalised geometries, constrained critical points and Ramond-Ramond fields. Fortschr. Phys. 59, 494--517 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201000097.
- 8. Witt, F.: Gauge theory in dimension 7. In: Special metrics and supersymmetry. Lectures given in the workshop on geometry and physics: special metrics and supersymmetry, Bilbao, Spain, 29--31 May 2008. pp. 180--195. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics (AIP) (2009). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3089202.
- 7. Witt, F.: Metric bundles of split signature and type II supergravity. In: Recent developments in pseudo-Riemannian geometry. pp. 455--494. Zürich: European Mathematical Society (2008).
- 6. Witt, F.: Special metrics and triality. Adv. Math. 219, 1972--2005 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2008.07.017.
- 5. Witt, F.: Calabi-Yau manifolds with \(B\)-fields. Rend. Semin. Mat., Univ. Politec. Torino. 66, 1--21 (2008).
- 4. Gmeiner, F., Witt, F.: Calibrations and T-duality. Commun. Math. Phys. 283, 543--578 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-008-0571-9.
- 3. Witt, F.: Generalised \(G_2\)-manifolds. Commun. Math. Phys. 265, 275--303 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-006-0011-7.
- 2. Jeschek, C., Witt, F.: Generalised $G_2$-structures and type IIB superstrings. J. High Energy Phys. 053, 15 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/053.
- 1. Witt, F.: Conformal properties of harmonic spinors and lightlike geodesics in signature (1,1). J. Geom. Phys. 46, 74--97 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00151-1.
05 Combinatorics
- 05E14 Combinatorial aspects of algebraic geometry
06 Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures
- Algebraic aspects of posets
14 Algebraic geometry
- 14A20 Generalizations (algebraic spaces, stacks)
- 14D20 Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles
- 14F08 Derived categories of sheaves, dg categories, and related constructions in algebraic geometry
- 14M25 Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra
- 14H60 Vector bundles on curves and their moduli
- 14J32 Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects)
- 14J60 Vector bundles on surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties, and their moduli
32 Several complex variables and analytic spaces
- 32Q25 Calabi-Yau theory
35 Partial differential equations
- 35G25 Initial value problems for nonlinear higher-order PDEs
- 35J05 Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation
- 35J56 Boundary value problems for first-order elliptic systems
- 35K55 Nonlinear parabolic equations
- 35R01 Partial differential equations on manifolds
52 Convex and discrete geometry
- 52B20 Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry)
- 52C05 Lattices and convex bodies in 2 dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry)
53 Differential geometry
- 53C07 Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein-Yang-Mills)
- 53C10 G-structures
- 53C20 Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching
- 53C24 Rigidity results
- 53C25 Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)
- 53C26 Hyper-Kähler and quaternionic Kähler geometry, "special'' geometry
- 53C27 Spin and Spinc geometry
- 53C29 Issues of holonomy
- 53C38 Calibrations and calibrated geometries
- 53C44 Geometric evolution equations (mean curvature flow, Ricci flow, etc.)
- 53C50 Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics
- 53C80 Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences
- 53D05 Symplectic manifolds (general theory)
- 53D18 Generalized geometries (à la Hitchin)
- 53D35 Global theory of symplectic and contact manifolds
58 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds
- 58D17 Manifolds of metrics (esp. Riemannian)
- 58D27 Moduli problems for differential geometric structures
- 58E15 Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals
- 58E30 Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces
- 58J32 Boundary value problems on manifolds
- 58J60 Relations with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.)
81 Quantum theory
- 81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
- 81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes)
- 81T60 Supersymmetric field theories
83 Relativity and gravitational theory
- 83C60 Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism
- 83E30 String and superstring theories in gravitational theory
- 83E50 Supergravity
- since 2015: Chair of differential geometry, University Stuttgart
- 2010-2015: Tenure-Track for theoretical mathematics, University of Münster
- 2009-2010: Assistant professor for theoretical und mathematical physics LMU Munich
- 2005-2009: PostDoc (FU Berlin, École Polytechnique, University of Regensburg)
- 2005: Doctoral dissertation (University of Oxford)
Ph.D.
- Toric Co-Higgs bundles, U Stuttgart, 2024
M.Sc.
- Algorithms for Chevalley's Theorem (co-supervised), U Stuttgart, 2023
- Co-Higgs bundles on projective spaces, U Stuttgart, 2023
- Protein Sequences and tropical geometry, U Stuttgart, 2022
- Elliptic curves and Galois extensions of Q, U Stuttgart, 2022
- Toric Co-Higgs bundles and prevalued vector spaces, U Stuttgart, 2021
- Quotients of algebraic varieties, U Stuttgart, 2017
- Limiting configurations from a hermitian point of view, U Stuttgart, 2016
- Hodge theory on noncompact manifolds, U Stuttgart, 2016
- The moment map in symplectic and toric geometry (co-supervised), FU Berlin, 2008
B.Sc.
- The theorem of Riemann-Roch, U Stuttgart, 2023
- The NTRU cryptosystem, U Stuttgart, 2022
- Topological data analysis with the Vietoris-Rips complex, U Stuttgart, 2022
- Mathieu groups (co-supervised), U Stuttgart, 2021
- The tropical Grassmannian variety, U Stuttgart, 2020
- The Mordell-Weill Theorem on elliptic curves, U Stuttgart, 2020
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Regular algebraic curves, U Stuttgart, 2019
- On the classification of complex surfaces, U Stuttgart 2019
- Toric ideals, Gröbner bases and the knapsack problem, U Stuttgart 2016
- Hirzebruch surfaces - construction and investigation of a symplectic manifold, WWU Münster, 2014
- Symplectic toric manifolds, LMU München, 2010
State Examination / B.A. / M.Ed.
- Elliptic curves and Galois extensions of Q, U Stuttgart, 2022
- Desargues' and Pappus' Theorem in Projective Geometry, U Stuttgart, 2021
- Platonic solids in theory and practice, U Stuttgart, 2020
- Neural networks and Gröbner bases, U Stuttgart, 2019
- The Picard- and Jacobi variety of a Riemann surface, U Stuttgart, 2019
- Public key cryptography, WWU Münster, 2014
- Elliptic curves over finite fields, WWU Münster, 2014
- The group law of a cubic curve, WWU Münster, 2014
- The genus-degree formula, WWU Münster, 2014
- Minimal surfaces and harmonic maps, WWU Münster, 2013
University of Stuttgart
- Further Mathematics 3 (advanced) (WT 23)
- Commutative Algebra (ST 23)
- Discrete Structures (ST 23)
- Algebraic Curves and Number Theory (WT 22)
- Groups, Algorithms, Geometrie & Applications A (ST 22)
- Geometry (ST 22)
- Algebraic Geometry 2 (WT 21)
- Algebraic Geometry 1 (ST 21)
- Commutative Algebra (ST 21)
- Arithmetic Curves and Algebraic Number Theory (ST 20)
- Groups, Algorithms, Geometries & Applications A (ST 20)
- Further Mathematics 3 (advanced) (WT 19)
- Groups, Algorithms, Geometries & Applications (ST 19)
- Geometry (ST 19)
- Algebraic Geometry 2 (WT 18)
- Algebraic Geometry 1 (ST 18)
- Complex Geometry (WT 17)
- Geometric Measure Theory (ST 17)
- Geometry (ST 17)
- Further Mathematics 3 (advanced) (WT 16)
- Riemann Surfaces (ST 16)
- Algebraic Geometry 2 (ST 16)
- Algebraic Geometry 1 (WT 15)
WWU Münster
- Scalar Curvature and Minimal Surfaces (ST 15)
- Differential Geometry 1 (WT 14)
- Geometric Variational Calculus (ST 14)
- Mathematical Foundations of String Theory (ST 13)
- Geometric Analysis (WT 12)
- Holomorphic Vector Bundles (ST 12)
- Riemann Surfaces (ST 11)
- Complex Geometry (WT 10)
LMU Munich
- Yang-Mills-Theory (ST 10)
- Symplectic Geometry 2 (WT 09)
- Symplectic Geometry 1 (ST 09)
Frederik Witt
Prof. Dr.Professor - Chair of Differential Geometry