The Million Body Problem

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Speaker
Dr. Douglas Heggie, University of Edinburgh
Speaker Bio
Douglas Heggie is Professor of Mathematical Astronomy at the School of Mathematics and the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He spent 10 years at Trinity College, Cambridge, as an undergraduate, PhD student and Research Fellow, before moving back to Edinburgh. He has been researching stellar dynamics for about 40 years. His particular interests are in the fast computer modelling of rich star clusters.