We attained rank 9 in the 'Research' subcategory for Applied Mathematics in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
Mathematics and Its Applications Seminar (MASS)
MASS hosts local, national and international speakers weekly.
Our current research output can be tracked on the SMRR (preprints) page.
The research profile of Mathematics at Sussex follows a University-wide strategy to build upon its research strength, mostly in Applied Mathematics, a research plan aiming at achieving (or maintaining) international excellence and leadership in the research areas outline below.
Current research is based around the following topics:
Numerical analysis and scientific computing
Research concentrates on the modelling and analysis of problems coming from the physical and life sciences, engineering and finance, leading to partial differential equations. The interests of the group spans from the mathematical analysis of mathematical (mainly differential) models to their computer implementations (scientific computing), passing through the development and analysis of novel numerical methods.
Mathematics applied to biology
Research in this area is mainly concerned with evolutionary game theory, the analysis of models for population genetics, developmental biology, biomedical applications and mathematical epidemiology. Interaction with colleagues in Biology is through the Centre for the Study of Evolution.
Analysis and partial differential equations
Research in this area concentrates on nonlinear problems. The focus is on rigorous analysis of mathematical models motivated from applied mathematics involving nonlinear partial differential equations and vectorial calculus of variations and their applications in material microstructure, nonlinear elasticity, image processing and mathematical finance.
Further research areas include:
Stochastics
Research interests are in probability theory, discrete-time stochastic processes, optimal strategies in diverse games and gambles, the mathematics of spread betting and the development of statistical methodologies for problems arising in engineering and medicine. The group comprises Goldie, Haigh, Robinson.
Geometry
Research interests are in the theory of knots, braid groups, topology, combinatorics of finite projective spaces, coding theory and its connections between finite geometry and algebraic geometry, combinatorial structures, algebraic geometry over finite fields, classical algebraic and projective geometry. The group comprises Hirschfeld, Fenn. Research students: Ansgar Wenzel, Erin Pichanick.