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No 6482

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Vol cxlviii No 6

pp. 72–95

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meetings of the Faculties

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The Co-chairs of the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies give notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, 17 November 2017, in Rooms 8 and 9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue. Among the business to be transacted will be the election, in accordance with the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 603) of one member to serve on the Faculty Board for four years from 1 January 2018.

Nomination forms are available from the Faculty Administrator, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Site (email: administrator@ames.cam.ac.uk; tel.: 01223 335107). Nominations, signed by the proposer and seconder, should be returned to the Faculty Administrator not later than Friday, 10 November 2017, together with notice of any other business.

Music

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Music gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 23 November 2017 in Lecture Room 5 of the Faculty of Music. The main business is to elect two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 603) to serve from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021.

Nominations, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, signed by the proposer and seconder, and notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Mr Alex Drury, Faculty of Music, 11 West Road, CB3 9DP (or by email to: administrator@mus.cam.ac.uk), to arrive not later than 12 noon on Monday, 13 November 2017.

Veterinary Medicine

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 November 2017 in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road.

The main item of business will be to elect, in accordance with the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 603) three members in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2018. Nominations for election, signed by the proposer and seconder, and accompanied by the consent of the person nominated, together with notice of any other business for the meeting, should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, not later than Monday, 13 November 2017.

Mathematical Tripos, Part III, 2018

The Faculty Board of Mathematics gives notice that, in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 380), there will be set in 2018, if candidates desire to present themselves therein, a paper in each of the subjects in the following list. The duration of each paper is provided.

101

Commutative algebra

3 hours

102

Lie algebras and their representations

3 hours

103

Representation theory

3 hours

105

Analysis of partial differential equations

3 hours

106

Functional analysis

3 hours

107

Elliptic partial differential equations

3 hours

108

Topics in ergodic theory

3 hours

109

Combinatorics

3 hours

110

Extremal graph theory

2 hours

113

Algebraic geometry

3 hours

114

Algebraic topology

3 hours

115

Differential geometry

3 hours

118

Complex manifolds

3 hours

119

Category theory

3 hours

121

Topics in set theory

3 hours

123

Algebraic number theory

3 hours

130

Ramsey theory

2 hours

135

Logic

3 hours

137

Modular forms and L-functions

3 hours

138

Modular representation theory

3 hours

139

Positivity in algebraic geometry

2 hours

140

Symplectic geometry

3 hours

141

3-manifolds

3 hours

142

Characteristic classes and K-theory

2 hours

201

Advanced probability

3 hours

202

Stochastic calculus and applications

3 hours

203

Schramm–Loewner evolutions

2 hours

205

Modern statistical methods

3 hours

207

Statistics in medicine

2 hours

210

Topics in statistical theory

2 hours

211

Advanced financial models

3 hours

213

Stochastic networks

2 hours

214

Percolation and random walks on graphs

2 hours

216

Bayesian modelling and computation

3 hours

218

Statistical learning in practice

3 hours

219

Astrostatistics

3 hours

301

Quantum field theory

3 hours

302

Symmetries, fields, and particles

3 hours

303

Statistical field theory

2 hours

304

Advanced quantum field theory

3 hours

305

The standard model

3 hours

306

String theory

3 hours

307

Supersymmetry

2 hours

308

Classical and quantum solitons

2 hours

309

General relativity

3 hours

310

Cosmology

3 hours

311

Black holes

3 hours

312

Advanced cosmology

3 hours

314

Astrophysical fluid dynamics

3 hours

315

Extrasolar planets: atmospheres and interiors

3 hours

316

Planetary system dynamics

3 hours

317

Structure and evolution of stars

3 hours

321

Dynamics of astrophysical discs

2 hours

323

Quantum information theory

3 hours

326

Inverse problems

3 hours

327

Distribution theory and applications

2 hours

328

Boundary value problems for linear PDEs

2 hours

329

Slow viscous flow

3 hours

331

Hydrodynamic stability

3 hours

332

Fluid dynamics of the solid earth

3 hours

333

Fluid dynamics of climate

3 hours

335

Direct and inverse scattering of waves

2 hours

336

Perturbation methods

2 hours

338

Optical and infrared astronomical telescopes and instruments

2 hours

339

Topics in convex optimization

2 hours

340

Topics in mathematics of information

3 hours

341

Numerical solution of differential equations

3 hours

344

Theoretical physics of soft condensed matter

3 hours

345

Environmental fluid dynamics

3 hours

The Faculty Board reminds candidates and Tutors that requests for papers to be set on additional subjects should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, c/o the Undergraduate Office, Faculty of Mathematics, Wilberforce Road (email: faculty@maths.cam.ac.uk) not later than 9 November 2017.