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Gregory Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of St Andrews. Research interests: mathematical oncology, mathematical biology. Amateur @ History of Maths

Saint Andrews, Scotland
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Mark Chaplain
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17.XI Strip of the Day A Möbius Strip "...is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist." https://t.co/tk6baCJyR9
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Mark Chaplain
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17.XI Our (second) Mathematician of the Day is August Möbius who is best known for his work in topology, especially for his conception of the Möbius strip, a two dimensional surface with only one side. https://t.co/oUnaY9w12B
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Mark Chaplain
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17.XI Our (first) Mathematician of the Day is Jean d'Alembert a French mathematician who was a pioneer in the study of differential equations and their use of in physics. He studied the equilibrium and motion of fluids. https://t.co/KyyRd8weNV
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Steven Strogatz
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I haven't been very active here for several months, because I've been working on a new book. Soon I will be able to tell you about it. Is anyone out there interested?
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Mark Chaplain
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16.XI Our Mathematician of the Day is Eugenio Beltrami who contributed to work in differential geometry on curves and surfaces and gave a concrete realisation of the non-euclidean geometry. President of the Accademia dei Lincei. https://t.co/PkEztgWyx2
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@LondMathSoc
London Mathematical Society
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✨ 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗠𝗦! ✨ If you are considering joining the LMS and enjoying the many benefits, don't forget to fill in the application by TOMORROW so it can be presented at our next Society Meeting on 21 November. Full details ➡️ https://t.co/4c0dj7GfW9
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Mark Chaplain
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15.XI Today is the feast-day of St Albertus Magnus OP. He was canonised in 1931 by Pope Pius XI and in 1941 was made patron of natural scientists by Pope Pius XII. https://t.co/X2rFcJDttJ
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Mark Chaplain
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15.XI Our Mathematician of the Day is David Crighton a Welsh mathematician who worked on fluid flow and acoustics. Master of Jesus College @JesusCollegeCam (1997–2000), head of DAMTP between 1991 and 2000 @FacultyMaths https://t.co/lj8CpYqGAs
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Mark Chaplain
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14.XI Our (second) Mathematician of the Day is Jacques Neveu a Belgian 🇧🇪🍺🧇🎷🛼🍟 mathematician who worked in France, specialising in probability theory. https://t.co/zAZ60cOlUQ
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Mark Chaplain
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14.XI Our (first) Mathematician of the Day is Ulisse Dini an Italian mathematician whose most important work was on the theory of functions of a real variable. Honorary member of London Mathematical Society @LondMathSoc https://t.co/xiM7Jr4KsN
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Mark Chaplain
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13.XI Quote of the Day Max Dehn #MOTD "Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be presented in an entirely undogmatic way." [Quoted in The Mathematical Intelligencer 5 (1983)]
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Mark Chaplain
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13.XI Our Mathematician of the Day is Max Dehn 🇩🇪🇺🇸 who wrote one of the first systematic expositions of topology (1907) and later formulated important problems on group presentations, namely the word problem and the isomorphism problem. https://t.co/L8mjQziNEv
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Mark Chaplain
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12.XI Conjecture of the Day 🤔 [Modularity Theorem] The Taniyama–Shimura conjecture (now proved) "...any elliptic curve over Q can be obtained via a rational map with integer coefficients from the classical modular curve X_0(N) for some integer N" https://t.co/LSWvSPqNOa
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Mark Chaplain
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12.XI Our Mathematician of the Day is Yutaka Taniyama [谷山 豊] a Japanese mathematician best known for the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, whose proof led to a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. https://t.co/5tSMaOCT8I
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