Cesare Tronci is visiting the Department of Mathematics at the University of Sussex today (Monday 10 November) to give a talk in the Analysis and PDEs Seminar Series. The talk is on “Geometry and symmetry in multi-physics MHD models for magnetized plasmas“. Abstract and further details can be found at the APDE Seminar website. […]
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Bin Cheng organised a one day meeting on “Multiscale PDE systems of Fluid Models and Applications in Geophysics” on Friday 31st October at the University of Surrey. The meeting brought together numerics, analysis and application of multiscale analysis of PDEs with applications in meteorology. The speakers were Mike Cullen (Met Office), Beatrice Pelloni (Reading), Ian […]
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Peter Hydon is visiting the Department of Mathematics at City University London today (Tuesday 28th October) to give a research seminar on “Difference equations by differential equation methods“. Around twenty years ago, Peter heard an eminent numerical analyst say, “Any problem involving difference equations is an order of magnitude harder than the corresponding problem for […]
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Mark Roberts has been appointed Rector of the new branch of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) that has opened in Tanzania. This branch is the fifth centre of AIMS. The centre will bring together top global scholars in mathematics and science to teach and research with Africa’s brightest students. Mark will be splitting […]
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The paper “S-matrix for the massive and massless modes of the AdS_2 x S^2 superstring“, co-authored by Ben Hoare (Humboldt University), Antonio Pittelli, and Alessandro Torrielli, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of High Energy Physics. In the paper they derive the exact S-matrix for the integrable system associated to light-cone gauge string […]
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Carina Dunlop has been awarded a £120k EPSRC First Grant on the topic of “Modelling the mechanics of epithelial sheets on soft substrates: nonlinearity, feedback, and dissipation“. The 24 month project starts on 1st January 2015. The aim of the project is to develop a novel mathematical model for soft tissue-matrix interactions that accounts for […]
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