Bored math professor solves 140-year-old formula

Mar 04, 2008 07:44

Here's something I thought some people would enjoy reading. A math professor from London figured out during a lecture on vortex dynamics how to solve the Schwarz-Christoffel formula for irregular shapes.

This formula can be used to measure stresses that would be applied to a structure once constructed. Previously, it had limitations based on whether a structure had holes or was made of different materials.

Article can be found here.
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