Applied Mathematics

Plotting plasmas

What University of California at Los Angeles mathematician Russel Caflisch does is like trying to grab a handful of fire. Caflisch… Read More

July 31, 2007

Building tiny detectors

For Darryl Holm, it’s about the geometry. Holm, an applied mathematics professor at London’s Imperial College, studies how shape affects… Read More

June 18, 2007

Digging up FOSLS

If you’ve ever unknotted a gnarled garden hose to let water flow freely, you may have an elementary feeling for… Read More

June 4, 2007

Calculating error pollution

J. Tinsley Oden of the University of Texas has a favorite quote from German science philosopher Hans Reichenbach: “If error… Read More

April 16, 2007

MADNESS makes sense

George Fann says there’s no hidden meaning behind the name he and his fellow researchers chose for their scientific software… Read More

April 16, 2007