Paul Michael Sutcliffe
is British
mathematical physicist and mathematician, currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the
University of Durham
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...
. He specialises in the study of
topological solitons.
He serves as the Project Director of the SPOCK (''Scientific Properties of Complex Knots'') research programme dedicated to the study of
knotted structures. Related subjects of research include
skyrmion
In particle theory, the skyrmion () is a topologically stable field configuration of a certain class of non-linear sigma models. It was originally proposed as a model of the nucleon by (and named after) Tony Skyrme in 1961. As a topological solito ...
s.
Sutcliffe was awarded the
LMS Whitehead Prize in 2006 for contributions to the study of
topological solitons and their dynamics.
Mathematics People, AMS Notices, September 2006
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Education
Sutcliffe graduated from Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...
in 1989.
Bibliography
Books
''Topological solitons''
(with Nick Manton), Cambridge University Press 2004
Selected academic works
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References
External links
Home Page
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academics of Durham University
Alumni of University College, Durham
21st-century English mathematicians
Whitehead Prize winners