Sam Close

A picture of a man standing on a mountain, surrounded by fog.
Mathematicians' personal web pages are expected to have a picture of them on a mountain somewhere. This mountain is Scafell Pike, in the Lake District.
sam dot close at nottingham dot ac dot uk

It also seems customary for mathematicians to a) not use navbars, and b) have a yellow-ish background. These customs are followed.


Research Interests

A non-exhaustive list...

Other Interests

Sportwise, I enjoy dodgeball, squash (when I can find someone to play with), and running (occassionally).

I sometimes read books, and very rarely try writing them.

Links

My personal page on the website of the department I am currently affiliated with.

My ORCiD.

Tech

My personal computer runs Void Linux, using the window manager Sway.


Education

PhD in Mathematics, University of Nottingham, 2024 to present

MASt Theoretical Physics, Girton College, University of Cambridge, 2023 to 2024

MPhys Theoretical Physics, Lancaster University, 2018 to 2022

Publications

Sam Close and Kirill Krasnov. Forthcoming.

Jonathan Gratus and Sam Close. Forthcoming.

Sam Close. A Preliminary on Twisted Differential forms; or, Death to Div, Grad, and Curl. Eureka 2024;67:40-47

Conferences, Workshops, etc.

Geometry, HOlonomy and Structures with Torsion (GHOST), Universität Münster, 23 to 27 March 2026