07/09/2014

Real Life Applications of Mathematics




Real-Life Applications of Mathematics



  1. Algebra
  2. Differential Equations and Fourier Analysis
  3. Differential and Computational Geometry
  4. Probability and Statistics
  5. Numerical Analysis
  6. Operations Research and Optimization


  • Algebra


  1. Computer Science
  2. Cryptology (and the Protection of financial accounts with encrypted codes)
  3. Scheduling tasks on processors in a heterogeneous multiprocessor computing network
  4. Alteration of pattern pieces for precise seam alignment
  5. Study of crystal symmetry in Chemistry (Group Theory)


  • Differential Equations (Ordinary and Partial) and Fourier Analysis



  1. Most of Physics and Engineering (esp. Electrical and Mechanical)
  2. Sound waves in air; linearized supersonic airflow
  3. Crystal growth
  4. Cryocooler modeling
  5. Casting of materials
  6. Materials science
  7. Electromagnetics analysis for detection by radar
  8. Material constitutive modeling and equation of state
  9. Underwater acoustic signal processing
  10. Predict the evolution of crystals growing in an industrial crystallizer
  11. Reentry simulations for the Space Shuttle
  12. Rocket launch trajectory analysis
  13. Trajectory prescribed path control and optimal control problems
  14. Motion of a space vehicle
  15. Aircraft landing field length
  16. Design and analysis of control systems for aircraft
  17. Underwater acoustic signal processing
  18. Nonlinear dynamics
  19. Large scale shock wave physics code development
  20. Material constitutive modeling and equation of state
  21. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxicity
  22. Transport and disposition of chemicals through the body
  23. Modeling of airflow over airplane bodies
  24. Photographic development (Eastman Kodak)
  25. Waves in composite media
  26. Immuno-assay chemistry for developing new blood tests
  27. Radio interferometry
  28. Free mesons in nuclear physics
  29. Seismic wave propagation in the earth (earthquakes)
  30. Heat transfer
  31. Airflow over airplane bodies (aerodynamics)


  • Differential and Computational Geometry



  1. Computer aided design of mechanical parts and assemblies
  2. Terrain modeling
  3. Molecular beam epotaxy modeling (computational geometry)
  4. Color balance in a photographic system
  5. Optics for design of a reflector
  6. Cryptology
  7. Airflow patterns in the respiratory tract


  • Probability and Statistics



  1. Calculation of insurance risks and price of insurance
  2. Analysis of statistical data taken by a census
  3. Reliability and uncertainty of large scale physical simulations
  4. Speech recognition
  5. Signal processing
  6. Computer network design
  7. Tracking and searching for submarines
  8. Estimation of ocean currents (geostatistics)
  9. Paint stripping using lasers
  10. Onset and progression of cancer and pre-malignant cells
  11. Determining launch schedules to establish and maintain prescribed satellite constellations (also uses Monte Carlo methods)
  12. Radar track initiation
  13. Aircraft survivability and effectiveness
  14. Color sample acceptance tolerance correlation and prediction
  15. Determination of sample sizes for color acceptability evaluation (uses advanced statistical methods)
  16. Underwater acoustic signal processing
  17. Reliability analysis of complex systems
  18. Radio interferometry


  • Numerical Analysis



  1. Estimation of ocean currents
  2. Modeling combustion flow in a coal power plant
  3. Airflow patterns in the respiratory tract (and diff. eqs.)
  4. Regional uptake of inhaled materials by respiratory tract
  5. Transport and disposition of chemicals through the body (and ODEs + PDEs)
  6. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxicity (and ODEs + PDEs)
  7. Reentry simulations for the Space Shuttle
  8. Trajectory prescribed path control and optimal control problems
  9. Shuttle/tank separation
  10. Scientific programming
  11. Modeling of airflow over airplane bodies
  12. Electromagnetics analysis for detection by radar
  13. Design and analysis of control systems for aircraft
  14. Electromagnetics
  15. Large scale shock wave physics code development
  16. Curve fitting of tabular data


  • Operations Research and Optimization



  1. Network formulation of cut order planning problem
  2. Shade sorting of colored samples to an acceptable tolerance by hierarchical clustering
  3. Inventory control for factory parts
  4. Search for and tracking of submarines
  5. Motion of a space vehicle
  6. Aircraft survivability and effectiveness
  7. Interplanetary mission analysis
  8. Radio interferometry
  9. Scheduling tasks on processors in a heterogeneous multiprocessor computing network
  10. Microwave measurements analysis
  11. Coordinate measuring machine (optimization error modeling)
  12. Optics for design of a reflector
  13. Materials science
  14. Reliability and uncertainty of large scale physical simulations