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The Mathematics Group has an active research programme covering a wide range of topics in mathematics, with regular seminars, workshops and conferences. It is home to a number of research fellows, visiting researchers and full-time and part-time research students. Research in the group centres on the following themes:
- Pure mathematics
- Applied mathematics
- History of mathematics
- Mathematics education
Members of the group have research interests that span across these themes. They also engage in interdisciplinary research and proposals of interdisciplinary research projects are welcome.
Key facts
- Group offers ‘internationally excellent’ and ‘world-leading’ research (Research Assessment Exercise 2008)
- Researchers include Whiteman Memorial Prize, Maxwell Medal and two Whitehead Prize winners
- Opportunity to be part of national and international collaborations
- Internally and externally funded full-time studentships available
- Office accommodation and facilities at Walton Hall campus (for full-time students)
Facilities
- Access to research computing cluster
- All full-time students are allocated a desk and a computer within the department
Further information
If you have an enquiry specific to this research area please contact:
- Name:
- Mathematics and Statistics Research Secretary
- Email:
- mcs-mathematics-enquiries@open.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1908 655552
For general enquiries please contact the Research Degrees Team via the link under ‘Your questions’ on the right of the page.
Publications
Research publications by Open University staff are available through Open Research Online (ORO), the university's repository of research publications and other research outputs. ORO can be searched or browsed by staff name or subject.
The following list, generated from ORO, provides a flavour of the most recently published work in Mathematics:
- Archdeacon, Dan; Conder, Marston and Siran, Jozef (2014). Trinity symmetry and kaleidoscopic regular maps. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (In press).
- Barrow-Green, June (2014). “Anti-aircraft guns all day long”: Karl Pearson and computing for the Ministry of Munitions. In: Magnello, Eileen ed. Karl Pearson’s Statistical Journey. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (In press).
- Barrow-Green, June (2013). Cambridge mathematicians' responses to the first World War. In: Aubin, David and Goldstein, Catherine eds. 'The War of Guns and Mathematics': Mathematical Practices and Communities in Allied Countries around World War 1. History of Mathematics. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, (In press).
- Barrow-Green, June (2013). Merely a speculation of the mind? William Henry Fox Talbot and mathematics. In: Brusius, Mirjam; Dean, Katrina and Ramalingam, Chitra eds. William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography. Yale Center for British Art -Studies in British Art (23). United States: Yale University Press, pp. 67–94.
- Baake, Michael and Grimm, Uwe (2013). Squirals and beyond: substitution tilings with singular continuous spectrum. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (In Press).
- More publications relating to Mathematics
Research degrees
Your questions
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