Thomas Woolley

Thomas Woolley

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Mathematical biologist and outreacher extraordinaire. Reader at Cardiff University

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Thomas Woolley
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Lovely email to get on a Monday morning "Dear Thomas Woolley, Congratulations! It is our pleasure to inform you that you have been nominated for Most Outstanding Learning Experience in the Enriching Student Life Awards 2026!" We don't do it for the awards, but nominations are nice.

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Thomas Woolley
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Although the patterns on ellipses do tend to circle-like behaviour they don't tend to act like lines as the ellipses become thinner. To explain this I had to use Mathieu equations, which first appeared in 1868! Mathematics: once true, always true.

Thomas Woolley
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Due to their simplicity, rectangular and circular domains are often used to represent reality as they make the mathematics easier to work with. I assumed I could use an elliptical domain to interpolate between the circle and the thin rectangle. How wrong I was.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon
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#TheInfiniteMonkeyCage Nature's Shapes - @davegorman.bsky.social, @sarah-hart.bsky.social and @thomasewoolley.bsky.social Today 11:00 BBC Radio 4 @profbriancox.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 32, Nature's Shapes - Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart and Thomas WoolleyBrian Cox and Robin Ince reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature

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The most interesting of episodes of The Infinite Monkey Cage for someone who, like me, is fascinated by #Physics #Nature #Mathematics #Comedy Nature's Shapes 馃憞 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... HT @bbcsounds.bsky.social @davegorman.bsky.social @profbriancox.bsky.social @thomasewoolley.bsky.social

bbc.co.ukThe Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 32 - Nature's Shapes - Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart and Thomas Woolley - BBC SoundsBrian Cox and Robin Ince reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature.

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