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What do you think the hot topics in maths will be in the future?
I can only speak from an applied point of view, but perhaps someone else could come in from the pure angle...
In the 90s, I think the hot topic was ''Chaos Theory'' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory ) - even banded around by economists.
Over recent years, there has been lots attention for networks, from neurons through to the national grid - inlcuding the idea of "Small world networks" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network )
Throughout recent years, I also see a lot of biomaths going on but haven't really seen it lead anywhere yet - there always seems to be funding around but the gulf between the biologists extremely large systems and the mathmos simplification seems to be there still (same could be said for chamical reactions).
Perhaps one field that will take off could be that of animal locomotion. How do animals move? Why do we find it so easy to balance? What are the control mechanisms? All leading to the developements of advanced robotics... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_locomotion )
I can only speak from an applied point of view, but perhaps someone else could come in from the pure angle...
In the 90s, I think the hot topic was ''Chaos Theory'' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory ) - even banded around by economists.
Over recent years, there has been lots attention for networks, from neurons through to the national grid - inlcuding the idea of "Small world networks" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-world_network )
Throughout recent years, I also see a lot of biomaths going on but haven't really seen it lead anywhere yet - there always seems to be funding around but the gulf between the biologists extremely large systems and the mathmos simplification seems to be there still (same could be said for chamical reactions).
Perhaps one field that will take off could be that of animal locomotion. How do animals move? Why do we find it so easy to balance? What are the control mechanisms? All leading to the developements of advanced robotics... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_locomotion )