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No 6244

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Vol cxlii No 9

pp. 192–198

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meeting of the Faculty of Music: Notice

The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Music gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 24 November 2011, in Lecture Room 2 of the Faculty of Music. Among the business to be transacted will be the election, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2(c), of three members of the Faculty Board to serve for four years from 1 January 2012.

Nominations for the election and notice of any other business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Mrs S. C. Round, Faculty of Music, 11 West Road (or email scr25@cam.ac.uk) not later than Thursday, 17 November 2011.

Mathematical Tripos, Part III, 2012: Notice by Examiners

In accordance with Regulations 18 and 19 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 351–52), the Examiners give notice that a candidate may submit an essay on any one of the following topics:

Birkar

Zariski decompositions

Calegari

Geometric group theory, measured foliations, and train-tracks

Calegari

Hilbert’s third problem

Calegari

Quasimorphisms and dynamics

Coates

Values of the Riemann zeta function at the odd positive integers

Fisher

Constructing elliptic curves of large rank

Fisher

Counting cubic and quartic number fields

Forster

Wellquasiorders and betterquasiorders

Forster

Set theory without the axiom of foundation

Forster, Caramello

Fraenkel-Mostowski models

Green

Expansion in groups

Green

Hilbert’s fifth problem

Kovalev

Yau’s solution of the Calabi conjecture

Kovalev

Stable differential forms

Kovalev

K3 surfaces

Leader

Canonical Ramsey theory

Leader

Pursuit on graphs

Martin

Combinatorial algorithms in the representation theory of symmetric groups

Martin

Non-commutative character theory of the symmetric group

Martin

Symmetric functions

Mouhot

Penrose stability criterion for plasmas

Paternain

The Calderón problem

Rasmussen

Branched double covers of alternating knots

Rasmussen

Khovanov homology for tangles

Ross

Kähler-Einstein metrics on Fano manifolds

Smith

Lagrangian Klein bottles

Smith

Non-Kähler Calabi-Yau manifolds

Thomason

Ramsey numbers

Thomason

Tutte’s flow conjectures

Wadsley

Auslander-Gorenstein rings

Wilson

Complex moduli spaces for Calabi-Yau manifolds

Yoshida

Local Langlands correspondences

Yoshida

Etale cohomology and Galois representations

Dafermos

The cosmic censorship conjectures in general relativity

Berestycki

The Gaussian free field

Berzuini

Inference about mechanistic interaction

Dawid

Causal statistical inference

Dawid

Forensic statistics

Dawid

Information and decision geometry

Fischer

The rate of convergence of fictitious play

Grimmett

Positive and negative correlation

Grimmett

Lorentz/Ehrenfest wind-tree model

Nickl

Nonparametric statistics on manifolds

Nickl

Statistical inference for Lévy processes

Norris

Multiplicative coalescence

Samworth

Independent component analysis

Samworth

Model misspecification in statistics

Samworth

Statistical challenges with EEG data

Sen

Dimension reduction in regression

Sen

Nonparametric shape restricted regression with multiple covariates

Tehranchi

Bond market modelling

Weber

Ranking, reputation, and recommender systems

Allanach

h → γγ

Baumann

Effective field theory

Bouatta, Butterfield

Ab initio definite quantities for quantum theory

Bouatta, Butterfield

Information-theoretic aspects of quantum foundations

Bouatta, Butterfield

Varieties of locality for quantum fields and strings

Bouatta, Butterfield

Philosophical aspects of spontaneous symmetry breaking

Brambley

The effect of boundary layers in aero-acoustics

Brambley

Numerical techniques for computational aero-acoustics

Dalziel

Gravity currents flowing over corrugated boundaries

Dalziel

How many puffs does it take to make a jet?

Davis

Supersymmetry breaking

Groisman

The two-state vector formalism in quantum mechanics

Hinch

FreeFem++ applied to the driven cavity

Hinch

Numerical simulations of incompressible two-dimensional turbulence

Hinch

The boundary integral technique for potential flows

Horgan

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and phase transitions in two dimensions

Iserles

Highly oscillatory quadrature

Iserles

Homological techniques for finite elements

Jozsa

Quantum complexity of local Hamiltonian problems

Lim

Theory and constraints on Lorentz symmetry violation

Neufeld

Fluid flow and elastic flexure

Ogilvie

Eccentric astrophysical discs

Papaloizou

Accretion discs and planet formation

Peake

Global modes in shear flow

Perry

Generalized geometry from M-theory

Proctor

Localized convective cells in subcritical convection

Rath Spivack

The Backus-Gilbert method for the solution of inverse problems

Rath Spivack

Sampling methods in inverse scattering

Reall

Black rings

Schönlieb

Nonlinear diffusion equations for image enhancement

Sinkovics

Feynman diagrams in string theory: the topological vertex

Skrzypczyk

Small thermal machines

Tong

BPS states in supersymmetric gauge theories

Townsend

Global isometric embeddings and their application to black hole thermodynamics

Vriend

Segregated granular collapse

Wingate

Walk, don’t run! – A story of broken symmetry (presented in technicolour)

Candidates are reminded that they may request leave to submit an essay on a topic other than those given above provided that the request is made, through their Director of Studies, so as to reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Mathematics Faculty Office, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, not later than 1 February 2012.

A candidate who proposes to submit an essay should inform the Chairman of Examiners, through her or his Director of Studies, on a form which will be provided, by 4 May 2012. Candidates should submit their essay, through their Director of Studies, so as to reach the Chairman of Examiners not later than 4 May 2012.

Abstracts and guidelines can be found online at http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/mathiii/essays/essall.pdf.