Peter Duck

Me and Pythagoras (I am on the right)

Me and Kelvin (Kelvin is in the background)

A wave outside Schrodinger's house

B.Sc. 1973; Ph.D. 1975 (Southampton)

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Department of Mathematics
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL

Email address:duck@ma.man.ac.uk

Telephone number: 0161-275-5831

Fax number: 0161-275-5819

A complete list of my publications

Research Interests:

• Computational and Asymptotic Fluid Dynamics
• High Reynolds Number Flows
• Hydodynamic instability and transition
• Mathematical Finance

Current Research Projects:

• Nonlinear transient response of particle-laden flows (EPSRC)
• Corner boundary layers (NATO)
• Asymptotic analysis of oscillatory turbulent boundary layers
• The stability of shock waves
• Hypersonic cone flows (USAF)
• Spectral solutions of the boundary-layer equations
• Partial eigenvalue problems
• The pricing of financial derivatives

Graduate Students

• M.L. Bromfield (1983-1988)
• P.D. Chipman (1986-1989)
• W.J.C. Welch (1986-1990)
• V.T. Theofilis (1988-1991)
• S.J. Shaw (1988-1992)
• J.A.K. Stott (1989-1993)
• T. James (1990-1993)
• J. Stocker (1992-1996)
• O.A. Abdulwanis (1993-1997)
• A. Cobbin (1993-1996)
• M. Butler (1994-2000)
• S. Dry (1996-2000)
• S. Stow (1996-1999)
• J. Owen (1998- )
• M. Widdicks (1999- )
• A.D. Andricopoulos (1999- )