Template talk:Industrial and applied mathematics

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Created a decision sciences subgroup

I organized the following decision sciences subgroup, with these entries: Statistics • Operations research • Optimization • Game theory •Mathematical economics • Mathematical Finance

In doing this, I changed Financial mathematics to Mathematical finance.

Thanks! Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 19:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematical Physics expanded

The International Mathematical Union sponsored Mathematics Unlimited for the millenium. Following Mathematics Unlimited, I added some topics that should bring the template closer to contemporary applicable mathematics, especially by adding ideas that have led to breakthroughs in science and re-conceptualized mathematics. See recent popular articles by Atiyah, Manin, etc.

Notice that algebra has an expanded role, reflecting the change in research articles in the last 40 years. (In the USA, The AMS Notices have tracked an expanding proportion of algebraic theses, for example.) Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 21:09, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Chaos

Chaos is covered by Dynamic systems, so I'll remove it. Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 16:36, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Principles

It would be good to cover the principles of applied mathematics besides the fields of applied mathematics.

I would suggest topics under Mathematical modeling like:

Model formulation: dimensional analysis and Scale analysis (mathematics), linearization, parameterization, functional form or functional equation
Design of experiments and Planning of observational studies
Hypothesis testing or Model validation
Expansion of models: Scalar to vector, Static to Dynamic, from Deterministic to Stochastic, etc.

Thanks Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Pure Mathematics footer

Applied-Mathematics editors may be interested in my proposal of a similar footer for pure mathematics. I also suggest that a footer for Basic mathematics be created. Thanks Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 17:18, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Theoretical Computer Science

There has been a discussion on the talk page for the "P versus NP problem" article. There appears to be a consensus there that Theoretical Computer Science is not in Applied Mathematics. With this in mind, I propose that the template be modified. Jwesley₇₈ 17:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your portrayal of consensus should be qualified. There was a lot of support for the truth that theoretical CS overlapps with applied mathematics (in the modern sense). What people object to is a suggestion that CS theory is a subset of (British traditional) "applied mathematics". Don't you agree?Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 19:48, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I started this discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Theoretical Computer Science. That page would likely be the best venue for this discussion. Jwesley₇₈ 18:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments: I shall look at the discussion referenced. Indeed, Theoretical CS is not a subivision of applied mathematics: however, there is a lot of overlap, and "theoretical CS" provides some coherence to research in the sub-listings. Will you suggest a better name for this grouping of activities, please, recognizing that no name is perfect? Thanks, Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 18:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused by the multiple discussions. Thanks. Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 19:36, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]