Carries out research of world-class excellence in a broad range of subjects across applied mathematics and theoretical physics

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) is one of two Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge, the other being the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS). The two Departments together constitute the Faculty of Mathematics, and are responsible for the teaching of Mathematics and its applications within the Mathematical Tripos.

DAMTP has a 50-year tradition of carrying out research of world-class excellence in a broad range of subjects across applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Members of DAMTP have made seminal theoretical advances in the development of mathematical techniques and in the application of mathematics, combined with physical reasoning, to many different areas of science. A unique strength is the G K Batchelor Laboratory, in which fundamental experimental science is also performed. Research students have always played a crucial role in DAMTP research, working on demanding research problems under the supervision of leading mathematical scientists and, in many cases, moving on to become research leaders themselves. The current aims of DAMTP are to continue this tradition, in doing so broadening the range of subject areas studied and using new mathematical and computational techniques.

### Recent Submissions

• #### Flow and mixing in complex porous media ﻿

The flow and mixing of fluids in complex porous media is important in a large range of environmental settings, from groundwater flows to the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO$_2$). This thesis investigates two ...
• #### A Riemann-Hilbert Approach to the Kissing Polynomials ﻿

Motivated by the numerical treatment of highly oscillatory integrals, this thesis studies a family of polynomials known as the Kissing Polynomials through Riemann-Hilbert techniques. The Kissing Polynomials are a family ...
• #### On the Dynamics of Noncircular Accretion Discs ﻿

The classical picture of an accretion disc is of a geometrically thin, nearly axisymmetric, fluid flow undergoing supersonic circular motion and slowly accreting due to angular momentum transport by the disc turbulence. ...