LivMS Event:
- Date: 08 Nov, 2023
- Time: 17:00
- Presenter: Rachel Bearon
- Title: The maths of micro-swimmers
- Audience: Year 11 up, their teachers and anyone interested in mathematics
- Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Central Teaching Hub (first floor), University of Liverpool and live-streamed
- Contact: Peter Giblin pjgiblin@liv.ac.uk
- Registration: Via Eventbrite
Classical models of fluid dynamics can describe the physics of how micro-swimmers will move in fluids. We can write this down as mathematical
equations which describe how the position and orientation of micro-swimmers changes over time, and also include
randomness in the description. These
equations can be solved numerically and analysed mathematically so as to make predictions that are relevant in a wide variety of ecological & medical settings – from the distribution of phytoplankton in the water-column to the early stage formation of bacterial biofilms.
