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Alex Cliffe

BA, MMath
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Postgraduate Student
+44 1865 270504
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Research groups
  • Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDE
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications

G-Q G Chen, A Cliffe, F Huang, S Liu, and Q Wang. Global solutions of the two-dimensional Riemann problem with four-shock interactions for the Euler equations for potential flow, 2023, arXiv:2305.15224.

Research interests

Nonlinear PDE and fluid dynamics. Systems of hyperbolic conservation laws, free boundary problems of mixed hyperbolic-elliptic type. Shock reflection problems and other Riemann problems in two space dimensions.

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

EPSRC Award (2019--2023).

Legg Prize, Pembroke College, Cambridge (2017, 2018).

Teaching

2022/23

  • Stipendiary lecturer at St Peter's College. Teaching M5 Fourier Series and PDE, A1 Differential Equations I, A6 Differential Equations II, ASO Integral Transforms, ASO Calculus of Variations.
  • C4.4 Hyperbolic Equations, Tutor and TA
  • Function Spaces and Distributions, Random Systems CDT, Tutor

2021/22

  • C4.6 Fixed Point Methods for Nonlinear PDE, Tutor
  • Consultation Sessions for C4.6 Fixed Point Methods for Nonlinear PDEs, Tutor
  • College Tutor at Magdalen College. Teaching Prelims M4 Dynamics and M5 Multivariable Calculus
  • B4.3 Distribution Theory, Tutor
  • Function Spaces and Distributions, Random Systems CDT, Tutor

2020/21

  • C4.6 Fixed Point Methods for Nonlinear PDEs, TA
  • Consultation Sessions for C4.6 Fixed Point Methods for Nonlinear PDEs, Tutor
  • B6.1 Numerical Solution of Differential Equations I, TA

2019/20

  • B5.6 Nonlinear Systems, TA
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