David Bakker

Four papers I've written:

• Newton's Mathematical Universe. On the conflicts in Newton between the classical Greek style of doing geometry and algebra.
• The Drawbridge Problem. On a 17th century calculus problem considered by l'Hôpital, Johann Bernoulli, and Leibniz including their reflections on how to solve mathematical problems.
• The Objectivity of Mathematics. On the necessity of viewing mathematics as a human method that extends our ability to make quantitative identifications instead of a discipline trying to get away from human element as much as possible.
• Modelling Mollusks Mathematically. On the use of a mathematical model based on neural activity to model Mollusk pigmentation patterns, instead of a traditional diffusion model for so-called Turing patterns. Based on a 2009 Paper by Boettiger et al.

This year (25/26) is the final year of my three-year double master's program. The whole year I am writing my master's thesis on Fourier and Fourier Analysis. I am applying to PhD programs too.

Coursework in 24/25:

• Partial Differential Equations (theoretical)
• Partial Differential Equations (numerical)
• Calculus of Variations
• History of Mathematics (the calculus of Newton & Leibniz)
• History of Mathematics (analysis beyond Newton & Leibniz)
• Philosophy of Science (general introduction)
• Lie Groups

Coursework in 23/24:

• Dynamical Systems
• Mathematical Biology
• Inverse Problems in Imaging
• Coding Theory
• History of Mathematics (linear algebra)
• History and Philosophy of Objectivity
• History of Science (general introduction)
• Plato & Aristotle

Other links:

• Some notes (mostly) on philosophy of math.
• I collect quotes.
• Visualizers of geometric multiplication and of the exponential function.