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SUMMARY:An introduction to Applied Analysis - Giles Shaw
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CONTACT:Evros Loukaides
DESCRIPTION:Many phenomena in engineering and the physical sciences are be
 st described using mathematics: observable things in the real world become
  mathematical objects and the relationships between them become equations 
 that these objects must satisfy. This approach\, wildly successful in impr
 oving our understanding of the world around us and in making the technolog
 ical advancements of the last century possible\, has required the developm
 ent of ever more sophisticated mathematical tools to mirror reality. As th
 e tools become more complicated\, so does their use\, however\, and care m
 ust be taken to ensure that we use them to draw the right conclusions. App
 lied analysts study and manipulate mathematical models and the objects whi
 ch comprise them in order to better understand the original problems of in
 terest. This talk will informally discuss what makes up a mathematical mod
 el\, what kind of questions analysts are interested in answering\, why non
 -mathematicians should sometimes care about their answers\, and the value 
 of mathematical rigour and proof in tackling these questions.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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