2026 Clay Research Conference and Workshops
The 2026 Clay Research Conference will be held on Wednesday 23 September, with associated workshops held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during the week of the conference.
The Clay Mathematics Institute is a global organisation dedicated to furthering the beauty, power and universality of mathematical thought.
Poincaré Conjecture
In 1904 the French mathematician Henri Poincaré asked if the three dimensional sphere is characterized as the unique simply connected three manifold. This question, the Poincaré conjecture, was a special case of Thurston’s geometrization conjecture. Perelman’s proof tells us that every three manifold is built from a set of standard pieces, each with one of eight well-understood geometries.
Yang-Mills & the Mass Gap
Experiment and computer simulations suggest the existence of a “mass gap” in the solution to the quantum versions of the Yang-Mills equations. But no proof of this property is known.
Navier-Stokes Equation
This is the equation which governs the flow of fluids such as water and air. However, there is no proof for the most basic questions one can ask: do solutions exist, and are they unique? Why ask for a proof? Because a proof gives not only certitude, but also understanding.
A CMI event
Multi-valued Harmonicity
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
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Young Topologists Meeting
University of Copenhagen
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A CMI event
2026 Clay Research Conference and Workshops
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
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Early Career Number Theorists in South-Eastern Europe (ECNTSEE)
American University of Beirut Mediterraneo
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