Mathematics is the center of all Science, and so unbelievable to be thought of as being “redundant”
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Spiro Karigiannis
5 years ago
This is not merely short-sighted, it is pure ignorance. The administrative "leadership" of the University of Leicester have disgraced and embarrassed themselves merely for suggesting such a completely idiotic idea. I'm used to hearing genuine surprise from some of my less mathematically aware friends about how fundamental pure maths is for almost every aspect of our daily lives, but for university administrators to not be aware of this is beyond comprehension.
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Markus Schweighofer
5 years ago
Going into data science while pruning pure mathematics sounds to me like a bad joke.
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Enrique Arrondo
5 years ago
If you remove the roots of a tree, the whole tree will die.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
A petition to maintain the pure mathematics research in Leicester University and lay off the director who has made the stupid annoncent
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Antonio Leaci
5 years ago
Hundreds of years of pure mathematics researches, which have produced fundamental effects in everyday life, prove that this idea is completely wrong.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Pure mathematics is fundamental to everything listed in the desired future research identity of Leicester.
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Alexander Vishik
5 years ago
It takes decades and centuries for University to gain a reputation. But only a quick ignorant decision like this one to loose it overnight.
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Nadezda Kovalevskaya
5 years ago
Maths is at the core of every science!!!
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Fedor Nazarov
5 years ago
I can offer a better plan: lay off all administrators and rehire just 3 secretaries to record the decisions of the Academic Council when they need to be put in writing. I suspect it will be way more beneficial both economically and scientifically than the current proposal. If that is not immediately feasible, just make the top administrators read and recite 3 times the old fable about a Pig and an Oak Tree. That may help a bit too...
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André Oliveira
5 years ago
Basic/Fundamental Science is the foundation of Applied Science, even if it has no immediate applications.
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Pascal Omnes
5 years ago
All areas of mathematics are important; not only applications!
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Sujata Verma
5 years ago
Please do not drop maths from the University
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Alina Bochis
5 years ago
Thank you.
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Roger Bielawski
5 years ago
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You did realise in 2016 that it was a stupid idea. It is even more so now. The damage to the reputation of University of Leicester will be huge. Would you consider applying there for a job, if your department can be shut down from one day to another?
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Robert Archbold
5 years ago
Students in the mathematical sciences need to be taught and inspired by researchers in pure mathematics as well as applied mathematics.
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Sindhu Mahadeven Mahadeven
5 years ago
Nothing exists without Maths....
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Ellen Kirkman
5 years ago
Leicester has produced some important mathematics. It should not be made redundant.
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Christophe Raffalli
5 years ago
Your decision completely ignore the way fundamental research and progress of knowledge worjw, which is stupide for a université.
unacceptable decision
Mathematics is the center of all Science, and so unbelievable to be thought of as being “redundant”
This is not merely short-sighted, it is pure ignorance. The administrative "leadership" of the University of Leicester have disgraced and embarrassed themselves merely for suggesting such a completely idiotic idea. I'm used to hearing genuine surprise from some of my less mathematically aware friends about how fundamental pure maths is for almost every aspect of our daily lives, but for university administrators to not be aware of this is beyond comprehension.
Going into data science while pruning pure mathematics sounds to me like a bad joke.
If you remove the roots of a tree, the whole tree will die.
A petition to maintain the pure mathematics research in Leicester University and lay off the director who has made the stupid annoncent
Hundreds of years of pure mathematics researches, which have produced fundamental effects in everyday life, prove that this idea is completely wrong.
Pure mathematics is fundamental to everything listed in the desired future research identity of Leicester.
It takes decades and centuries for University to gain a reputation. But only a quick ignorant decision like this one to loose it overnight.
Maths is at the core of every science!!!
I can offer a better plan: lay off all administrators and rehire just 3 secretaries to record the decisions of the Academic Council when they need to be put in writing. I suspect it will be way more beneficial both economically and scientifically than the current proposal. If that is not immediately feasible, just make the top administrators read and recite 3 times the old fable about a Pig and an Oak Tree. That may help a bit too...
Basic/Fundamental Science is the foundation of Applied Science, even if it has no immediate applications.
All areas of mathematics are important; not only applications!
Please do not drop maths from the University
Thank you.
You did realise in 2016 that it was a stupid idea. It is even more so now. The damage to the reputation of University of Leicester will be huge. Would you consider applying there for a job, if your department can be shut down from one day to another?
Students in the mathematical sciences need to be taught and inspired by researchers in pure mathematics as well as applied mathematics.
Nothing exists without Maths....
Leicester has produced some important mathematics. It should not be made redundant.
Your decision completely ignore the way fundamental research and progress of knowledge worjw, which is stupide for a université.