A Computational Mathematics Student Summer Placement is available at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
The Mathematical Research Software Engineering Group sits within the Computational Mathematics Theme of the Scientific Computing Department. As a summer placement student in our Group, you will be embedded in the team and will become familiar with our software, the mathematics behind it, and the problems it is designed to solve.
Fridays@2 continues in L1 this week with: Why study the history of mathematics? (https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/70564)
Complex dynamics is the study of the behaviour, under iteration, of complex polynomials and rational functions. This talk is about an application of combinatorial algebraic geometry to complex dynamics. The n-th Gleason polynomial G_n is a polynomial in one variable with Z-coefficients, whose roots correspond to degree-2 polynomials with an n-periodic critical point. Per_n is a (nodal) Riemann surface parametrizing degree-2 rational functions with an n-periodic critical point. Two long-standing open questions are: (1) Is G_n is irreducible over Q? (2) Is Per_n connected? I will sketch an argument showing that if G_n is irreducible over Q, then Per_n is connected. In order to do this, we find a special degeneration of degree-2 rational maps that tells us that Per_n has smooth point with Q-coordinates "at infinity”.
The Oxford Maths Festival is returning for 2025!
A reminder that prelims corner is taking place every Monday at 11am in the South Mezzanine! Feel free to stop by and ask Mario any questions you may have relating to your study, problem sheets or student life in general. Drinks and snacks provided!