The TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics is part of the School of Mathematics of the

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. The centre originated from the school's efforts since the mid-1970s to develop areas in applicable mathematics. In fact, B. V. Sreekantan had proposed setting up this centre during the "Fifth Plan period". Along with the

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) (Hindi:राष्ट्रीय रेडियो खगोल भौतिकी केन्द्र) of India is a research institution in India in the field of radio astronomy is located ...

and the

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, the centre was established in the two decades following the 1970s. Many renowned mathematicians from India and overseas have contributed to the centre's development.

Research and consulting

At the centre, research at advanced level is currently pursued in both theoretical and numerical aspects of

differential equation In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives. In applications, the functions generally represent physical quantities, the derivatives represent their rates of change, an ...

s, especially the following subtopics: * Applications of Nonlinear Functional Analysis in the Study of Differential Equations * Control Aspects of Partial Differential Equations * Hyperbolic Equations and Conservation Laws * Homogenization and Solid Fluid Interactions * Numerical Analysis of PDE (Special Reference to Atmospheric Dynamics) *Microlocal Analysis The centre offers consulting at the individual and institutional levels in applying theory to engineering-related problems and in exposition of underlying mathematics.

Education and programs

The centre has had an active role in training students in areas of applicable mathematics through the IISc-TIFR Joint Programme. Following the deemed university status of TIFR, the TIFR Centre has offered its own programs since 2004, which are: * Ph.D. * Integrated Ph.D. (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) Among its other doctoral programs, the center has an integrated PhD program in mathematics. Eligible students for this program receive a monthly fellowship of Rs 21000. Admissions for this integrated program usually begins each year in August. The centre has a program to invite visiting professors, both for disseminating new topics through lecture courses and for research collaboration. The centre also offers

post-doctoral fellowship A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). The ultimate goal of a postdoctoral research position is to pu ...

s and possibilities of short-term visits.

Notable people

In September 2015, together with Ritabrata Munshi (from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), K. Sandeep (from the TIFR Centre for Applied Mathematics) obtained the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...

in the field of mathematical sciences. In January 2019, the

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announced that 23 scientists were elected as fellows of the academy, including Sandeep Kunnath (who studies

partial differential equation In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which imposes relations between the various partial derivatives of a Multivariable calculus, multivariable function. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" to be sol ...

variational method The calculus of variations (or Variational Calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions t ...

s, and

nonlinear functional analysis Nonlinear functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis that deals with nonlinear mappings. Topics Its subject matter includes: * generalizations of calculus to Banach spaces * implicit function theorems * fixed-point theorems (Br ...

) and G D Veerappa Gowda, both from the TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics.

References

External links

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