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Save Pure Maths at Leicester

114 Comments

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David Chillingworth
5 years ago

A university without a real mathematics department is not a university.

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Orsola Rath Spivack
5 years ago

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

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Dirk Hermans
5 years ago

Extremely short-sighted.

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Christos Aravanis
5 years ago

Save maths at Leicester!

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Scott Thomas Bee
5 years ago

Without pure mathematics, there is no new applied mathematics. This is so short sighted! Please reconsider this foolish decision.

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Sara Jabbari
5 years ago

University of Birmingham

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Joel Haddley
5 years ago

University of Liverpool

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Alan Sokal
5 years ago

University College London

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John Mcnamara
5 years ago

As others have said, how can an institution without a proper maths dept call itself a university.

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Pieter Blue
5 years ago

University of Edinburgh

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Terry Griggs
5 years ago

How can an institution without a proper Mathematics Department really call itself a university?

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Dr Ulrik Buchholtz
5 years ago

I can't believe this still needs to be said, but you cannot have the applications of mathematics without vibrant and active research activities and research-based teaching in pure mathematics.

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Bjorn Stinner
5 years ago

University of Warwick

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Klaus Schmidt
5 years ago

Research and graduate education in mathematics is an absolute necessity for any university claiming excellence in science.

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David Lewis
5 years ago

University of Liverpool (Maths)

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Michel van Garrel
5 years ago

Save Pure Maths.

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Harvey Rose
5 years ago

The University of Leicester is a major long-standing institution in the UK and so should have a 'proper' maths dept, ie one with all sections covered including Pure

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Sara Kalvala
5 years ago

A centre for excellence in an increasingly important subject, it's madness to jeopardise it.

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Jonathan Weinberger
5 years ago

Pure maths is essential science (J. Weinberger, TU Darmstadt)

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Luca Seemungal
5 years ago

Absolutely bizarre decision - pure maths has literally driven the 21st Century. Leicester should not set such a dangerous precedent.