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A finite energy foliation

A rose by any other name

The picture represents a "finite energy foliation" of the 3-dimensional manifold S1 x S2 with its standard contact structure. Finite energy foliations are ways of filling 3-dimensional space with smooth surfaces that are solutions to a differential equation arising in string theory. More...

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Professor Marshall Stoneham

23 February 2011


Professor Marshall Stoneham FRS, formally of the Department of Physics & Astronomy sadly passed away on 18 February 2011. Please see the link below to an informal obituary on the LCN website:

http://www.london-nano.com/news-and-events/news/professor-marshall-stoneham-theoretical-physicist-and-president-of-the-institut

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