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Articles by Patricia Rothman

Patricia Rothman
Tricia is an honorary research fellow in the Department of Mathematics at UCL.
iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=PEROT30    All articles by Patricia
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Chalkdust is published by Chalkdust Magazine, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. ISSN 2059-3805 (Print). ISSN 2059-3813 (Online).