FAJARDO, Mark Christian N.

5-6 MWF H102

BSMECE 3 January 23, 2017
Application of interpolation

A spring is an elastic object used to store mechanical energy. In case of mechanical spring there is a spring load and deflection
graph. The deflection is in millimeters and the load is measured in newton. The deflection is plotted on the x-axis and the
corresponding load in newton on y-axis. Often we have to find the values between the two sets of values (load vs. deflection).
Hence interpolation is the technique used to find the unknown values. The graph is usually plotted in excel.

http://engg-learning.blogspot.com/2011/03/interpolation.html

Complex Variables

Conformal mapping simplifies various problems about heat conduction and fluid flow, such as calculating steady
temperatures. Modelling the flow of fluids around solid bodies (for example aircraft wings!) can also be simplified by
appropriate conformal mappings.
Tools from complex analysis (phasors, argument principle, conformal mapping) are widely used in analyzing electrical
circuits, and stress and strain analysis in mechanical engineering.
The uniformization theorem for discrete complex analysis (circle packings) allows for efficient and pleasant
visualization of geometric data that can be related to surface triangulations.

Classical Analysis

Fourier analysis allows one to precisely divide up the electromagnetic spectrum, leading of course to radio, television,
wireless, and so forth.
The fast Fourier transform (and relatives, such as the fast Wavelet transform) is an essential component of many
signal processing algorithms.
MRI is based on inverting the Radon transform.
Wavelets are used in signal processing (e.g. image compression, edge detection).

Number Theory

From Number Theory comes the ideas and theoretical basis for modern cryptography, used to secure
communications everywhere from banking to cellphones.
A more quirky one is SETI (the primes in binary would be a very clear indication of a signal non-natural origin, and
would be a starting point for communication).
There is a gamma ray telescope design using mod p quadratic residues to construct a mask. Gamma rays cannot be
focused, so this design uses a redundant array of detectors separated from the mask to reconstruct directional
information.

Mathematical Physics: this subject already uses several of the other already mentioned categories, like group theory,
functional analysis, applied to physical theories like quantum field theory. But since the intention is to see concrete applications
to the real world taken from a mathematically rigorous framework, then we could mention

In the first place Noether's theorem: "every differentiable symmetry of the action of a physical system has a
corresponding conservation law".
Onsager reciprocal relations: They "express the equality of certain ratios between flows and forces in thermodynamic
systems out of equilibrium, but where a notion of local equilibrium exists". Onsager's contribution was to
demonstrate that not only is L

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2556/real-world-applications-of-mathematics-by-arxiv-subject-area