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UC's Mathematics researchers are engaged in a number of fields including strong research interests in the area of biomathematics and computational mathematics. Our researchers are working in ring theory, geometry, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, the potential theory of differential operators and the history of mathematics.

Research strengths

Algebra, combinatorics, and logic

Areas of current research in algebra, combinatorics, and logic include:

• Algebraic groups
• Representation theory
• Clifford algebras
• Automorphism groups
• Finite geometry
• Matroid theory, combinatorial and algorithmic phylogenetics
• Constructive analysis and topology
• Cryptography
• Foundations of mathematics
• Non-classical logics
• Number theory

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Research centres and groups

• Clifford Algebra Research Group

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Researchers and supervisors

Staff actively working in these areas are:

Analysis and geometry

Areas of current research in analysis and geometry��include:

• Approximation theory
• Topological geometry
• Constructive and non-classical analysis and topology
• Functional analysis (including applications to quantum theory)
• Harmonic analysis
• Partial differential equations and potential theory
• General topology
• Algebraic geometry

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Applied statistics

Applied statistics broadly covers research where statistics is being used to help solve real-world problems. Examples include:

• environmental monitoring
• risk assessment and uncertainty analysis
• medical and engineering applications
• statistical genetics.

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Computational mathematics

Areas of current research in computational mathematics��include:

• Numerical optimisation
• Approximation theory
• Algorithms for surface approximation
• Inverse problems
• Numerical linear algebra
• Rigorous set processing

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Dynamical systems and differential equations

Areas of current research in��dynamical systems and differential equations include:

• Chaotic dynamics
• Ergodic theory
• Inverse problems
• Nonlinear models in ecology and medicine
• Symmetry methods.

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Financial and industrial mathematics

Areas of current research in financial and industrial mathematics include:

• Econometrics
• Mathematical economics
• Fast surface fitting algorithms for applications in geophysics, image processing, computer graphics and custom manufacture
• Statistical design and analysis of communication systems
• Signal and image processing
• Acoustics
• Industrial applications of spatial statistics, extreme value methods and spectral analysis.

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Health

Areas of current research in health include:

• Physiological modelling
• Epidemiology
• Statistical models for clinical studies and trials and healthcare analytics

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Research��centres��and groups

• Health research��in the School of Mathematics and Statistics

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History and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education

Areas of current research in history and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education��include:

• Mathematics in the ancient Near East, ancient Greece, India, and Islam with an emphasis on editing mathematical texts from these cultures from the original primary sources
• Mathematics during the Italian renaissance
• History of ancient mathematical astronomy
• Constructive and non-classical mathematics
• Foundations of mathematics
• Mathematics education in the tertiary sector
• Mathematics and communication

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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Mathematical biology

Areas of current research in��mathematical biology include:

• Computational molecular biology and phylogenetics
• Ecological and physiological modelling
• Statistical applications in ecology and medicine

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Research��centres��and groups

• Biomathematics Research Centre

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Theoretical and computational statistics

Areas of current research in theoretical and computational statistics include:

• Stochastic processes
• Computational methods
• Bayesian inference
• Statistical genetics
• Sampling theory
• Random matrices
• Extreme value theory
• Graphical models

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Research��centres��and groups

• School of Mathematics and Statistics��in the College of Engineering

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