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SUMMARY:G I TAYLOR LECTURE –  Some wrinkles in Gauss’ Theorem: Mathema
 tics of everyday objects from Pizza to Umbrellas and Parachutes - Professo
 r Dominic Vella\, Department of Mathematics\, Oxford
DTSTART:20230130T180000Z
DTEND:20230130T190000Z
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Thin objects are easy to deform\, as we see in everyday life: 
 a piece of paper crumples\, while an umbrella may invert in the wind.  It 
 is also clear that such thin structures  choose to bend\, rather than comp
 ress/stretch\, whenever possible. Gauss’ "Remarkable Theorem” severely
  restricts what types of pure bending deformations can happen with consequ
 ences from how best to eat pizza to the domed roofs of buildings. Neverthe
 less\, as I will show\, Gauss’ Theorem can be subtly subverted by object
 s that have a small\, but non-zero\, thickness.
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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