Research output per year
Research output per year
Ph.D.(St.And.), B.Sc.(Exon.), Sc.D.(Dub.), F.R.S.
BS8 1TL
Many incompletely understood phenomena lurk in the borderlands between physical theories - between classical and quantum, between rays and waves... These borderlands - the domain of physical asymptotics - are my intellectual habitat, with an emphasis on geometrical aspects of waves (especially phase) and chaos.
A source of delight is uncovering down-to-earth or dramatic and sometimes beautiful examples of abstract mathematical ideas: the arcane in the mundane. Examples are:
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal) › peer-review