Andrea L. Bertozzi
An ongoing challenge in fluid flow is to explain the underlying physics of the motion of the edge of a thin liquid film that is flowing on a solid surface. This article discusses the properties of the fourth-order partial differential equations used to model this motion.
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Allyn Jackson
In a surprising coup last year, the Theory Group at Microsoft Research, the company's think tank, hired Fields Medalist Michael Freedman. The group of four mathematicians will grow to triple that number over the next couple of years as it pursues outstanding questions in computer science, including the problem of whether P equals NP.
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