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Complex patterns in wave functions - drums, graphs, and disorder

05 - 07 September 2012 09:00 - 13:00

Theo Murphy international scientific meeting organised by Dr Sven Gnutzmann and Professor Uzy Smilansky

Event details

Wave functions display complex patterns which are intensively studied in many branches of Mathematics and Physics.  Their value distributions, nodal sets, extreme values, and localization properties - to cite a few examples - are investigated using diverse methods developed within a network of fields whose connectivity leaves a lot to be desired. This conference gives a unique opportunity to discuss these common questions, and present different points of view and methods, yet in a single high-level forum.

A set of world-leading researchers has been invited to lecture on their recent contributions to the field.

Biographies of the organisers and speakers are available below. Recorded audio of the presentations will be available on this page after the event and the papers will be published in a future issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Attending this event

This is a residential conference, which allows for increased discussion and networking.  It is free to attend, however participants need to cover their accommodation and catering costs if required.

Places are limited, therefore pre-registration is essential. 

Submitting a poster

A poster session will be held throughout the meeting alongside the schedule of presentations. 

Enquiries: Contact the events team.

Organisers

  • Sven Gnutzmann, University of Nottingham, UK

    "'What's interesting about physics is the mathematics you find in it - and what's interesting about mathematics is the physics you can describe with it' - this (or something very similar) was told to him by Marek Kus when he was working with him as a PhD student.

    It still describes best his attitude towards both subjects. Most of his research relates to questions connected to the delicate complementarity between classical and quantum physics."

  • Uzy Smilansky, The Weizmann Institute, Israel and Cardiff University, UK

    "Professor Smilansky started his scientific career as an experimental nuclear physicist and slowly developed (deteriorated?) through nuclear theory, quantum chaos and graph theory to end his career as a professorial research fellow in Math (Cardiff) and a visiting Professor in Archaeology (Hebrew University, Jerusalem). “These diverse subjects do not stick together very well, and hence many of the holes in my education and the errors in my papers. Sorry for the latter, but it is a lot of fun.”"