Professor Paul Tod
Professor Paul Tod
Tutorial Fellow in Mathematics
Teaching Interests
I give tutorials in physical applied mathematics such as mechanics, waves and diffusion, quantum mechanics and special relativity, also in central subjects like differential equations and in pure subjects like differential or projective geometry. I lecture on the same subjects.
Research Interests
I am part of the mathematical physics group in the Mathematical Institute. My research is in various branches of differential geometry, particularly where it meets physics in Einstein's theory of general relativity. I was a D.Phil. student of Sir Roger Penrose and have worked extensively on twistor theory. I am co-author of two books at the level of graduates or advanced undergraduates, based on lecture courses which I have given in general relativity and in twistor theory.
