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Rupa Patel reflects to Plus on her work as a financial engineer

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When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics.

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March 2008
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aerodynamics

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Have you ever been in an aeroplane on a smooth flight when suddenly the plane bumps up and down for a short time as it goes through turbulent air? The study of turbulence is used to understand a range of phenomena from the simple squirting of a jet of water to the activity of the sun.

Tags: turbulence : computer simulation : aerodynamics : lift : vector : Bernoulli equation : Navier-Stokes equations


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One million dollars is waiting to be won by anyone who can solve one of the grand mathematical challenges of the 21st century. In the second of two articles, Chris Budd looks at the well-posedness of the Navier-Stokes equations.

Tags: aerodynamics : Navier-Stokes equations : Fermat's Last Theorem : mathematical modelling : fluid mechanics : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : Circle-squaring : angle trisection : doubling cube : hilbert problems


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Learn about the aerodynamics of footballs and perfect your free kick.

Tags: aerodynamics : Navier-Stokes equations : mathematics in sport