Sir Horace Lamb
Welcome to Maths 2nd April 2020
In this historical feature we explore Sir Horace Lamb (1849-1934) and his influential work. Horace Lamb made important contributions to applied mathematics, in particular to acoustics, seismology and fluid dynamics. He is best known for his book Hydrodynamics, which with his several other textbooks played a major role in university teaching and research for many […]
Brian Hartley
Welcome to Maths 31st March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Brian Hartley (1939-1994) and his influential work. Brian Hartley is known for his outstanding work in many different areas of group theory. He made important contributions to the theory of locally finite groups, group-rings, soluble groups, simple groups, permutation groups, linear groups and representation of groups. Hartley spent periods […]
Sydney Goldstein
Welcome to Maths 26th March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Sydney Goldstein (1903-1989) and his influential work. Sydney Goldstein made fundamental contributions in fluid dynamics, especially aerodynamics. After his studies at Leeds and Cambridge, Goldstein became a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1929. In the same year he was appointed Lecturer in Mathematics at Manchester, where the […]
Frank Adams
Welcome to Maths 24th March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Frank Adams (1930-1989) and his influential work. J Frank Adams made fundamental advances in algebraic topology. He wrote five extremely influential textbooks on the subject and was one of the founders of stable homotopy theory. After studying in Cambridge, Adams moved to Oxford as a Junior Lecturer. In 1957 […]
Hanna Neumann
Welcome to Maths 16th March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Hanna Neumann (1914-1971) and her influential work. Hanna Neumman (born von Caemmerer, 1914) was a prominent group theorist, most well known for her work on varieties of groups. She was an eminent mathematician, and at the same time the mother of five children (almost all of whom went on […]
Meet our academics – Prof Louise Walker
Meet the Department 9th March 2020
For International Women’s Day 2020, we caught up with our very own Professor Louise Walker about her experience as a woman in mathematics. What is your role within the University? I am a Professor at the University; my focus is on teaching and scholarship, mainly geared towards teaching and maths education. This means that I […]
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw
Welcome to Maths 6th March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912-2014) and her influential work. Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw was a mathematician, politician and astronomer. In 1945 Dame Kathleen completed her doctorate at Somerville College, Oxford, on Critical Lattices. She wrote five original research papers that were sufficient for her to earn her DPhil degree without the […]
Alan Turing
Welcome to Maths 5th March 2020
In this historical feature we explore Alan Turing (1912-1954) and his influential work. Alan Turing is considered to be the father of modern computing and artificial intelligence. His concept of the Turing machine is still one of the most widely examined theories of computation. His early work was undertaken at King’s College, Cambridge where he […]
Student Budgeting
Student experience 21st January 2020
First year undergraduate student Alisa writes about how she budgets as a student at the University. Hi! Today I will be discussing my finances and how I have been budgeting my finances. 1. Member Cards I didn’t do this when I first arrived but eventually, I made a card for most of the stores which […]
Accommodation Advice
Student experience 14th January 2020
First year undergraduate student Tashreeqah writes about her experience in obtaining university accommodation. Moving to Manchester It’s already been two months since I moved into University halls but it feels like it’s been forever. Before I moved in, I often wondered about what it would be like and how I could prepare myself to adjust […]