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

Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis plays an important part in all areas of modern Applied Mathematics and opportunities for the design, implementation and analysis of computational techniques of mathematical models of physical processes exist within all the main areas of research. The main pre-occupation in these areas concerns the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. In particular, there is considerable computational work currently being undertaken in the research groups: Waves, Vortices and Turbulence under the direction of Prof David Dritschel and Solar MHD under the direction of Prof Alan Hood. There are also opportunities in related areas, such as Computational Techniques in Heat Transfer and aspects of Approximation Theory. Chebyshev Polynomials Permanent Academic Staff: Dr Graham Bell Professor David Dritschel Professor Alan Hood Dr John McCabe Honorary Research Fellows Dr A M Milne and Dr D J Evans of Fluid Gravity Engineering Ltd, St Andrews. Honorary Reader Dr G M Phillips Honorary Lecturer Mr M A Wolfe