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The Faculty of Mathematics at the
University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
comprises the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP). It is housed in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences site in West
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...
, alongside the
Isaac Newton Institute The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is an international research institute for mathematics and its many applications at the University of Cambridge. It is named after one of the university's most illustrious figures, the mathema ...
. Many distinguished mathematicians have been members of the faculty.


Some current members


DPMMS

* Béla Bollobás * John Coates *
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Timothy Gowers Sir William Timothy Gowers, (; born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician. He is Professeur titulaire of the Combinatorics chair at the Collège de France, and director of research at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Col ...
* Peter Johnstone * Imre Leader * Gabriel Paternain


Statistical Laboratory

* John Aston * Geoffrey Grimmett *
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Ioannis Kontoyiannis Ioannis Kontoyiannis (born January 1972) is a Greek mathematician and information theorist. He is the Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research with the Statistical Laboratory, in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathema ...
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Richard Nickl Richard Nickl (born 13 June 1980) is an Austrian mathematician and Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge. He grew up in Vienna, attended secondary school at the Theresianum there (graduating in 1998 with distinc ...
* James Norris *
Richard Samworth Richard John Samworth (born May 1978) is the Professor of Statistical Science and the Director of the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and a Teaching Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was educated at St John's College ...
* David Spiegelhalter * Richard Weber


DAMTP

* Gary Gibbons * Julia Gog, professor of mathematical biology *
Raymond E. Goldstein Raymond Ethan Goldstein (born 1961) FRS FInstP is Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College, Ca ...
* Rich Kerswell * Paul Linden * Michael Green * Peter Haynes, fluid dynamicist * John Hinch, fluid dynamicist, retired 2014 * Richard Jozsa * Hugh Osborn * John Papaloizou * Malcolm Perry * David Tong, theoretical physicist *
Paul Townsend Paul Kingsley Townsend FRS (; born 3 March 1951) is a British physicist, currently a Professor of Theoretical Physics in Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He is notable for his work on string th ...
* Grae Worster, editor for the ''
Journal of Fluid Mechanics The ''Journal of Fluid Mechanics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of fluid mechanics. It publishes original work on theoretical, computational, and experimental aspects of the subject. The journal is published by Cambridge Uni ...
'' * Mihaela van der Schaar * Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb


Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

The Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) was created in 1964 under the headship of Sir William Hodge. It was housed in a converted warehouse at 16 Mill Lane, adjacent to its sister department DAMTP, until its move around 2000 to the present Centre for Mathematical Sciences where it occupies Pavilions C, D, and E.


Heads of department

*1964–1969
W. V. D. Hodge Sir William Vallance Douglas Hodge (; 17 June 1903 – 7 July 1975) was a British mathematician, specifically a geometer. His discovery of far-reaching topological relations between algebraic geometry and differential geometry—an area now c ...
*1969–1984 J. W. S. Cassels *1984–1991
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*1991–1997 John H. Coates *1997–2002 W. B. R. Lickorish *2002–2007 Geoffrey Grimmett *2007–2014 Martin Hyland *2014–2018 Gabriel Paternain *2018– James Norris


Statistical Laboratory

The Statistical Laboratory is a Sub-Department of DPMMS. It was created in 1947 with accommodation in a "temporary hut", and was established on 21 March 1953 within the Faculty of Mathematics. It moved in 1958 to the basement of the new Chemistry Department in Lensfield Road, and then formed part of the new Department (DPMMS) in Mill Lane on its creation in 1964. It occupies Pavilion D of the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.


Directors of the Statistical Laboratory

*1953–1956 John Wishart *1956–1957 Henry Daniels, Acting Director *1957–1960 Dennis Lindley *1960–1962
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, Acting Director *1962–1973 David Kendall *1973–1987 Peter Whittle *1987–1991 David Williams *1991–1993
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*1994–2000 Geoffrey Grimmett *2000–2009 Richard Weber *2009–2017 James Norris *2017–
Richard Samworth Richard John Samworth (born May 1978) is the Professor of Statistical Science and the Director of the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and a Teaching Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was educated at St John's College ...


Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) was founded by George Batchelor in 1959, and for many years was situated on Silver Street, in the former office buildings of
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. Currently, the Department is located at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge). Theoretical Physics (including
cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosophe ...
, relativity, and
high energy physics Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) and b ...
) occupies most of Pavilion B, while Applied Mathematics (including
fluid dynamics In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including '' aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) ...
and
solid mechanics Solid mechanics, also known as mechanics of solids, is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and ...
) occupies most of Pavilions F, G, and H.


Heads of department

*1959–1983 George Batchelor *1983–1991 Keith Moffatt *1991–2000 David Crighton *2000–2005
Timothy J. Pedley Timothy John Pedley (born 23 March 1942) is a British mathematician and a former G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge. His principal research interest is the application of fluid mechanics to biology and ...
*2005–2015 Peter Haynes *2015–2020 Nigel Peake *2020– Colm-Cille Patrick Caulfield


See also

*
Mathematical Tripos The Mathematical Tripos is the mathematics course that is taught in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. It is the oldest Tripos examined at the University. Origin In its classical nineteenth-century form, the tripos was a ...
*
Wrangler (University of Cambridge) At the University of Cambridge in England, a "Wrangler" is a student who gains first-class honours in the final year of the university's degree in mathematics. The highest-scoring student is the Senior Wrangler, the second highest is the Seco ...
* List of Cambridge mathematicians *Chairs associated with the Faculty: **
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics () is a mathematics professorship in the University of Cambridge, England; its holder is known as the Lucasian Professor. The post was founded in 1663 by Henry Lucas, who was Cambridge University's Member of Pa ...
** Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry ** Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics **
Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics The Sadleirian Professorship of Pure Mathematics, originally spelled in the statutes and for the first two professors as Sadlerian, is a professorship in pure mathematics within the DPMMS at the University of Cambridge. It was founded on a beques ...
**
Herchel Smith Professorship of Pure Mathematics The Herchel Smith Professorship of Pure Mathematics is a professorship in pure mathematics at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 2004 by a benefaction from Herchel Smith "of £14.315m, to be divided into five equal parts, to suppo ...
** Professorship of Mathematical Statistics ** Churchill Professorship of Mathematics for Operational Research ** Professorship of Statistical Science ** Winton Professorship of the Public Understanding of Risk


References


External links

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