Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute
American research institute (1982-)
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), formerly the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), is an independent nonprofit mathematical research institution located on the University of California campus in Berkeley, California. It is a center for research in mathematics. Each year, over 1,700 mathematicians spend time at SLMath. The institute is located at 17 Gauss Way on the Berkeley campus, close to Grizzly Peak in the Berkeley Hills.
The institute was founded in 1982, and its funding sources include the National Science Foundation, private foundations, corporations, individual donors, and 110 academic sponsor universities and institutions in the U.S. and internationally.
In May 2022, the institute received a $70 million gift from James and Marilyn Simons and Henry and Marsha Laufer. It was then renamed the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath).
History
The institute was founded in September 1982 by Berkeley professors Shiing-Shen Chern, Calvin Moore, and Isadore M. Singer. Shiing-Shen Chern acted as the founding director of the institute, Calvin Moore acted as the founding deputy director, and Isadore Singer was the inaugural chair of the institute's Scientific Advisory Committee.
Originally located in Berkeley's extension building at 2223 Fulton Street, the institute moved into its current facility at 17 Gauss Way in the Berkeley hills on April 1, 1985.
“Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute” enters the record as american research institute (1982-). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Simons, Laufer and Mathematical can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Simons, Laufer and Mathematical provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1062013. VIAF identifies the subject as 152289760. The Library of Congress control number is n83230078. Authority coordinates are 37.880, -122.244. 8 of 9 selected statements include explicit references; 7 carry qualifiers and 2 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982, 2022 and 1985.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute primary sources, Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute archive and Simons research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.