This is upsetting news. Despite wanting excellence this University wants to cut the highly regarded and impactful research area pure mathematics. Not only does pure maths underpin everything we do in other mathematical subjects, but also areas such as physics. It speaks volumes that this subject is not appreciated.
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Andrew Toon
5 years ago
Buildings and roads named after the great pure mathematician Michael Atiya (and ex chancellor) - this is how pure maths is treated now!
Its isomorphic to surgically removing a limb
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Rahul Kumar
5 years ago
Sad to hear what the university is planning to do. STOP.
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Leon Kim
5 years ago
This is nonsensical that we have to petition for this, those idiots whos making these decisions really dont know anything
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Yotam Dvir
5 years ago
Neo-capitalism is just great. Just great...
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Roberto Giacobazzi
5 years ago
You cannot develop science without strong math!
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Paolo Milazzo
5 years ago
I can't believe...
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Anonymous
5 years ago
!?
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Whoever proposed this plan is clearly unfit for their administrative position at your respectable university. There should be a petition asking them to resign.
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Joel Torres del Valle
5 years ago
Long live maths
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Andrés Franco
5 years ago
It is clear that this quite opposite to "shaping for excellence".
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Rohit Chadha
5 years ago
I signed one for Computer Science also. There is no science without Mathematics. Whomsoever comes up with these brain waves should really be the target of actions for efficiencies.
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Dr Jaroslaw M Francik
5 years ago
Removing maths is the exact opposite of "excellence".
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Siddartha Devic
5 years ago
Fundamental mathematics research laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence. This is a preposterous proposition.
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Katsuhiko Toyama
5 years ago
I hope this plan will be reconsidered and changed to one based on a long-term perspective. It is necessary to balance theoretical/fundamental research and practical/applied research.
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Anton Genchev
5 years ago
Suck my dick and long live maths
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Kazuyuki Fujii
5 years ago
The decline of the research standard of Pure Mathematics will surely lead to The deterioration of Entire Science in the long run.
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Luis Garcia
5 years ago
Please reconsider this shocking decision.
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Sebastian Gilbert
5 years ago
Really??
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Kirill Bogdanov
5 years ago
A strong department attracts both good staff and good PhD students and once the core staff is lost, few people would want to join, especially in the light of management choosing to make them redundant at any time. This part is different to industry because academics are interested in their research and publishing results, their employment is not just a job. Applied research draws on results from theory, most famously electronic commerce relies on cryptography which is made possible by the number theory, developed by mathematicians and initially believed to be useless in practice.
This is upsetting news. Despite wanting excellence this University wants to cut the highly regarded and impactful research area pure mathematics. Not only does pure maths underpin everything we do in other mathematical subjects, but also areas such as physics. It speaks volumes that this subject is not appreciated.
Buildings and roads named after the great pure mathematician Michael Atiya (and ex chancellor) - this is how pure maths is treated now! Its isomorphic to surgically removing a limb
Sad to hear what the university is planning to do. STOP.
This is nonsensical that we have to petition for this, those idiots whos making these decisions really dont know anything
Neo-capitalism is just great. Just great...
You cannot develop science without strong math!
I can't believe...
!?
Whoever proposed this plan is clearly unfit for their administrative position at your respectable university. There should be a petition asking them to resign.
Long live maths
It is clear that this quite opposite to "shaping for excellence".
I signed one for Computer Science also. There is no science without Mathematics. Whomsoever comes up with these brain waves should really be the target of actions for efficiencies.
Removing maths is the exact opposite of "excellence".
Fundamental mathematics research laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence. This is a preposterous proposition.
I hope this plan will be reconsidered and changed to one based on a long-term perspective. It is necessary to balance theoretical/fundamental research and practical/applied research.
Suck my dick and long live maths
The decline of the research standard of Pure Mathematics will surely lead to The deterioration of Entire Science in the long run.
Please reconsider this shocking decision.
Really??
A strong department attracts both good staff and good PhD students and once the core staff is lost, few people would want to join, especially in the light of management choosing to make them redundant at any time. This part is different to industry because academics are interested in their research and publishing results, their employment is not just a job. Applied research draws on results from theory, most famously electronic commerce relies on cryptography which is made possible by the number theory, developed by mathematicians and initially believed to be useless in practice.