In mathematics, the Poincaré Conjecture is a theorem about the characterization of the 3-sphere, which is the hypersphere that bounds the unit ball in four-dimensional space. The conjecture states that every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere.
Behold, the beautiful Poincaré Fish.
The first MPP was held on 05/02/11 and we have had regular meetings since then. This group is designed to promote future MPPs and share photos and discussion about them.
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Rachel Nicks will give a special Algebra/Applied seminar next Thursday at 4pm. We will have tea in common room beforehand (from 3:30pm). Here are the full details:
Thursday, 2nd May, 4pm
Speaker: Rachel Nicks (Birmingham)
Title: Lie group symmetries of crystals with defects
Venue: Lecture Room A (Watson Building)
Research does not have to involve use of the University’s BlueBEAR HPC. Any research involving numerical analysis will be considered.
The 4th annual BlueBEAR conference will take place on 25th June 2013. The conference is an exciting opportunity for post-graduate and early-career researchers to present their work in the fields of numerical modelling and high performance computing (HPC). The conference also welcomes different approaches to the use of HPC. Abstract and poster submission is now open and will close on 26th April. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best poster and oral presentation!
For further information please see the conference home page:
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/bear/conf-home-page
Contact Us: pgrsecretary@lists.bham.ac.uk
If you have recently attended a conference and had permission to claim funding Janette needs the claim forms. If you are going to a conference in June/July time and you have had to pay the registration fee, flights etc please claim now!!
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Meurig Gallagher
gallaghm@maths.bham.ac.uk
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Sadly football was cancelled last week due to the snow….personally I think it would have made things more interesting, but there we go!
Hopefully the pitches will be open on Friday, stay tuned!
If you haven’t signed up, here’s the link to the doodle:
http://www.doodle.com/9g9q9qxcd5xpfdub
Everyone seemed to have a great time at the Christmas party and, as usual, the highlight was the quiz!
Congratulations go to ‘Quiz on your face’ – A.K.A. Tom Bookfield, Tom Reeve, Adam James, James Turner and Andy Smith!
Here are the questions from round 1:
Q Which European capital city caused controversy this year by replacing its traditional Christmas tree with an abstract light display?
A Brussels.
Q Who was the world’s fastest man in 2012?
A Felix Baumgartner.
Q A treasure hunt, beginning 48 years ago, may be close to success after important progress made this year. What is the sought after treasure?
A The Higgs boson particle.
Q Which film won the 2012 Oscar for best foreign language film?
A “A Separation “ (Iran).
Q Presidential elections took place this year in Russia, France, China and the USA. Who was the only new president to be elected?
A Francois Hollande.
Q During the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic games, the sentence “This is for everyone.” appeared in lights placed in the spectator seating. What was this in reference to?
A The World Wide Web.
Q What has given rise to theories that the world is going to end on 21st December 2012?
A The end of a great cycle of the Mayan Calendar.
Q The first female astronaut went into space this year in a successful space mission from which country? Correction: Which country sent their first female astronaut to space this year?
A China.
Q What sold in May 2012 in New York for a record breaking $120 million?
A The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Q Order the following objects according to their height, from the smallest to the largest. The world’s largest snowman, the world’s largest Christmas tree and the university clock tower.
A Snowman, Clock tower, Christmas tree.
Welcome to the new stripped down, sleek, elegant, efficient BUMPS website!
Any suggestions for good content? Please send them to me (Meurig) at gallaghm@maths.bham.ac.uk and I’ll get them up!