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SUMMARY:The Wave of Translation - Zoe Wyatt (University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:In 1834\, the Scottish civil engineer John Scott Russell was c
 onducting experiments to determine the most efficient design for canal boa
 ts. In this process\, he discovered "that singular and beautiful phenomeno
 n which I have called the Wave of Translation". In this talk I will discus
 s the mathematics behind Russell's discovery and some related ideas in oth
 er areas of mathematical analysis and modelling.
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