Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris

The Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris (FSMP) is a network of excellence that federates the main laboratories of mathematics and fundamental computer science in central and northern Paris.

It is the largest concentration of mathematicians in the world. Its scientific spectrum encompasses all mathematics, from pure mathematics to the most applied, including fundamental computer science.

The FSMP

  • Proposes and funds programs for research and training in mathematics and fundamental computer science
  • Organizes scientific events
  • Works to disseminate mathematics to the media, the general public, the economic and industrial world.
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Resources for the general public

Find on this page our selection of contents intended for a large audience.

 : The Millennium Equation

In The Millennium Equation, comic designed by the FSMP with the help of the mathematician Nicolas Rougerie, Ingrid and Gaspard retrace the history of the Navier-Stokes equation and try to understand its meaning...

L'Équation du millénaire | CNRS Physique

Click here to access the comic.

Library  

Popular works, novels... FSMP scientists, members of our laboratories or winners of our programs, also write books for the general public! Available in bookshops...

Most of these books are available only in French.

   Love and math - 1

Love and Math by Edward Frenkel (Lauréat de la Chaire d'Excellence FSMP en 2010)

 

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L'aventure des nombres by Gilles Godefroy (CNRS, IMJ-PRG)

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101 quizz qui banquent: Mathématiques et finance sont-elles indépendantes ? by Gilles Pagès (LPSM, SU) 

                      

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Les Maths au tribunal: Quand les erreurs de calcul font les erreurs judiciaires by Coralie Colmez and Leila Schneps (CNRS, IMJ-PRG)

 

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Éducation tropicale by Thibault Lefeuvre (CNRS, IMJ-PRG)

 

 

                

Au nom de l'infini by Jean-Michel Kantor (IMJ-PRG, UPC) et Loren Graham

 

 

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Call for applications and fundings

23 February 2026
PGSM Master : 2nd call for applications
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Calls for tenders and financing
PGSM second call for application is open from February 23rd to April 20th 2026.
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23 September 2023
Invitations and stays
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The Researchers Invitations program and the Stays for PhD students receive applications receive applications throughout the year.

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01 June 2023
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR A MASTER'S THESIS OUTSIDE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
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The FSMP offers to all students enrolled in one of the Master's degrees in mathematics or fundamental computer science within its scope to finance their M2 internship, in France, outside the Île-de-France region. Read more...
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News

19 March 2026
Einstein Metrics, Four-Manifolds, and Differential Topology (Claude LeBrun)
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Cours FSMP
Claude R. LeBrun, professor at Stony Brook, specialist in Riemannian Geometry, is laureate of a FSMP Chair of Excellence, co-funded by IMJ-PRG, in 2025. He is giving, in the frame of his chair, a 15-hour course on the topic Einstein Metrics, Four-Man...
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25 February 2026
ICM 2026
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Since 2010, the FSMP has made a point of attending major international mathematics conferences (ICM, ICIAM, European Congress) and chronicling them daily through a blog created for the occasion. We regret to announce that we will not be attending ICM...
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23 February 2026
PGSM Master : 2nd call for applications
Actualités
Calls for tenders and financing
PGSM second call for application is open from February 23rd to April 20th 2026.
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