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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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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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Computer generated movies and electronic games: Joan Lasenby tells us about the mathematics and engineering behind them.

Tags: computer simulation : vector : geometry : computer science : computer gaming : computer animation : computer graphics : complex number : quaternions


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The Arctic ice cap is melting fast and the consequences are grim. Mathematical modelling is key to predicting how much longer the ice will be around and assessing the impact of an ice free Arctic on the rest of the planet. Plus spoke to Peter Wadhams from the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge to get a glimpse of the group's work.

Tags: vector : mathematical modelling : Newtonian mechanics : differential equation : acceleration : Coriolis force : mathematics and the environment : mathematics and climate change


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Whatever is so wonderful about point B that makes all the people at point A want to get there? Robert Hunt sits at point C, and muses on the problem.

Tags: vector : geodesic : great circle : longitude : latitude : scalar (dot) product


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Maths finds the structures that underpin written language

Tags: vector : linear algebra : mathematics and language