Cédric Beaume

Applied Mathematician

You are in Beaumian Motion

Beaumian motion

Beaumian motion is the random movement of Beaume resulting from the impact of events from the surrounding world (Adapted from Merriam–Webster). Its effects are typically felt at the macroscale, e.g. it is knowned to have turned this into this.

Science

On the brewing of tea, C. Beaume & L. Rozmarynowska, Proc. R. Soc. Tea 1125, 1–10 (2016)

Holy peer review process – You read well: this was published! Full story

Whether a Sith or a Jedi, use the command line you must

Beware of Statistical Mechanics – David Goodstein warns us of the dangers of Statistical Mechanics in the opening lines of his book States of Matter

Wondering what physicists do at conferences? – Predrag Cvitanović (Georgia Tech) gives us a great lesson of experience

What is tenure? – An element of response

The Professor and the Politician – A tale on academic problem solving

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorem (Alfréd Rényi) – A mathematician is a machine for turning working hours into coffee breaks (Alain Bergeon) – full picture

My talk at Dynamics Days US 2014 on localized solutions in fluids has been featured in the January 2014 issue of Dynamical Systems Magazine – full picture

Chess

I also play chess.

Music

I am also a classically trained piano enthusiast. I studied piano from the tender age of 5 to that awkward of 15 before my interests changed. Seven years later, as I obtained my first steady income (my PhD studentship), I decided to rent my own flat and, as I could not imagine living anywhere without music, to buy a piano. This important decision revived a passion that, to this day, has not left me. Here is my repertoire.

Heartfelt performances – A personal study of stage fright

A pianist's curse – What it feels like to discover the instrument on the day of the concert

Is my room large enough? – Some empirical criteria to know what grand piano size fits in what room

Apparently, when I type frantically, I look like that. There are indeed some transferable skills between piano playing and keyboard typing, see for yourself!

On the history and perception of Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Nagachevskaya, Svetlana, Doctor of Musical Arts thesis, School of Music, University of Arizona, 2009

On the context and interpretation of Chopin Preludes Op. 28: Meier, Marilyn Anne, Doctor of Creative Arts thesis, School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1993

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