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Grigory Perelman solved the 100 year-old Poincare Conjecture about the shape of three-dimensional spaces but turned down the million dollar prize associated to it.
Mathematics provides the structure for creative thought
Welcome to the School of Mathematics
We are one of the largest and most prestigious mathematics departments in the UK, with an international reputation for our teaching and research excellence.
We cover the areas of applied and pure mathematics, as well as statistics and financial mathematics where we have close teaching and research links with Leeds University Business School.
We have 74 academic and academic-related staff, in excess of 70 postgraduate students and 17 postdoctoral fellows.
Dr Todor Kondic
Hall MHD in Neutron Stars
Fri 24th February, 2012
Patrick Dorey
Stokes Phenomena, Spectral Problems, and Integrability
Mon 27th February, 2012
Prof. Sam Falle
Microbial Chemotactic Waves in Groundwater
Mon 27th February, 2012
Julia Sauter
A survey on Springer theory
Tue 28th February, 2012
Karen Strung
Classification and the tracial approximation of some simple UHF-stable C*-algebras
Please see our seminars page for more details.
14 November 2011
Professor Barry Cooper received an honorary degree from the University of...
4 October 2011
Researchers from the School of Mathematics have developed a computational model...
Chair in Geophysical Fluids Dynamics
Reference: MAPMA0023
Closing date: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Complexity Systems Dynamics (CoSyDy) Meeting on "Evolution and diversity in complex systems"

The CoSyDy network is funded by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and aims at bringing together people interested in the dynamics of complex systems.
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Masters Open Day

Register to visit us and find out more about postgraduate taught Masters opportunities. We offer five MSc courses on a full-time basis taught over 12 months.
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PhD Open Day

Register to visit us and find out more about postgraduate Research PhD opportunities. The School warmly welcomes postgraduate students.
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31st Mathematics Teachers and Advisers Conference

Teachers and university staff alike are given a rare opportunity to exchange valuable experiences and re-invigorate their perspectives on the ever-changing world of mathematics education.
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