Thomas Kahle

Professor of Mathematics

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Office: G03-208a

OvGU Magdeburg, FMA

Universitätsplatz 2

39106 Magdeburg

My research is in commutative algebra, combinatorics, and computation with a focus on applications in algebraic statistics.

I am a member of the program committee of the DFG priority program SPP2458 Combinatorial Synergies and PI of the Research Training Group GRK2297 Mathematical Complexity Reduction. Find an overview of my activities here.

My interests include outreach and exploring the interaction of academia and mathematics with society. I regularly post on Mastodon and talk about math in the Eigenraum podcast.

news

Sep 01, 2026 New preprint: Trinomial containment in polynomial ideals is undecidable with Tobias Boege and Anna Hofer. Lean formalization.
Aug 28, 2026 At FediDay 2026 at the c-base in Berlin I speak about universities in the Fediverse: Hochschulen im Fediverse: Ein Mastodon-Account macht noch keinen Sommer (in German), Saturday, September 12, 2026.
Aug 12, 2026 Together with Mathias Magdowski and Sonja Dolinsek I am organizing the 3. Magdeburger Fediverse Tag on September 10, 2026, from 17:00 at the Moonlight Bar in Magdeburg. Everyone interested in the free and decentralized social web is welcome.
Jul 22, 2026 New blog post with Mateusz Michałek: Just ‘42’ tells us nothing. on mathematical output versus mathematical competence in the age of AI agents.
Jul 07, 2026 Our paper The Likelihood Correspondence with Hal Schenck, Bernd Sturmfels, and Maximilian Wiesmann has appeared in Foundations of Computational Mathematics. I will talk about it at FoCM 2026 in Vienna next week.