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Research Applied Mathematics Pure Mathematics Statistics Applied Mathematics Numerical Analysis Plasma Physics Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Vortex Dynamics

Applied Mathematics Research The Applied Mathematics division is extremely active in research and has a lively postgraduate community. In the 2004 Research Assessment Exercise the Applied Division received a grade of 5, emphasising the international importance of the research undertaken at St. Andrews. Areas of particularly strong research activity are : Numerical Analysis Areas of interest are aspects of Approximation Theory and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations with particular reference to modelling physical processes. Plasma Physics Recent work has also included a variety of other topics, including interaction of neutrinos with plasma and solitary wave structures in non-thermal and dusty plasmas. Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Theory and modelling of physical processes on the sun. The group is currently investigating a large number of solar phenomena, including sunspots, coronal heating, wave propagation, magnetic instabilities, magnetic structures and helioseismology. Vortex Dynamics Numerical simulation and theoretical analysis of ultra high Reynolds number flows, with applications to atmospheric and oceanic dynamics.