Homepage of Sebastian Heinz Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics Research Group "Partial Differential Equations"

Address: Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics Sebastian Heinz Mohrenstrasse 39 10117 Berlin Germany

Office: Mohrenstrasse 39, room 308

Telefon: +49(0)30 20372 541

Fax: +49(0)30 2044975

E-mail: heinz@wias-berlin.de

Personal Information

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in mathematics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin July 2008 Scientific staff member, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics since April 2008 Student in DFG Research Training Group 1128 April 2005 to March 2008 Scientific staff member, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin October 2004 to March 2005 German master's degree (Diplom) in mathematics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin June 2004

Research Areas

Mathematical models for finite plasticity

Convexity in the calculus of variations

Papers

Preservation of Quasiconvexity and Quasimonotonicity in Polynomial Approximation of Variational Problems. Dissertation. Published online: September 1, 2008.

Quasiconvex functions can be approximated by quasiconvex polynomials. ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations. [Online early access]. DOI: 10.1051/cocv:2008010. Published online: January 30, 2008.

Complexity of integer quasiconvex polynomial optimization. Journal of Complexity, 21:543-556, 2005.

Scientific Awards

Humboldt-Preis for the diploma thesis October 2005

Sports

Berlin Indoor Champion in the men's high jump January 2001 Member of the athletic club Berliner TSC e.V. since 1990