Cambridge University Reporter


Mathematical Tripos: Notice

In accordance with Regulation 18 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 322), the Examiners give notice that a candidate may submit an essay on any one of the following additional topics:

The Weil conjectures for Abelian varieties over finite fields (Assessor: Professor N. I. Shepherd-Barron)

Qubit field theory and quantum information flow (Assessor: Professor A. Ekert)

Boundary value problems for linear elliptic PDEs (Assessor: Professor A. Fokas)

Study of Lp spaces (Assessor: Dr D. J. H. Garling)

Normal families of meromorphic functions (Assessor: Professor A. Beardon)

The real space renormalization group and its applications in two dimensions (Assessor: Professor R. R. Horgan)

Theoretical and computational approaches to map formation in the nervous system (Assessor: Dr S. Eglen)

LIBOR-market and Markov-functional interest-rate models (Assessor: Professor L. C. G. Rogers)

The dynamics of drops beneath a ceiling (Assessor: Dr J. R. Lister)

The diversity of cataclysmic variables (Assessor: Dr C. A. Tout)

Szemerédi's theorem for progressions of length four (Assessor: Dr B. Green)

Quantum computation in optical lattices (Assessor: Dr D. Oi)

The set theoretic structure of analysis (Assessor: Dr T. Forster)

Inner models (Assessor: Dr T. Forster)

Forcing (Assessor: Dr T. Forster)

Constructing elliptic curves with a given number of points (Assessor: Dr T. Fisher)

The discrete rendezvous problem (Assessor: Professor R. R. Weber)

The expected discounted penalty function in ruin theory (Assessor: Dr S. Pitts)

Black rings (Assessor: Dr M. J. Perry)

Stratified Morse Theory (Assessor: Dr J. Woolf)

Orthonormal basis of compactly supported wavelets (Assessor: Dr A. Shadrin)

The congruent number problem (Assessor: Professor J. H. Coates)

Candidates are reminded that they are required to return their form giving choices of examination papers and essay (if any) to the Faculty Office, Room B1.29, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, by 2 May 2005. Please note that this deadline will be strictly adhered to.