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1 SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW
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... Today, the term is used in a broader context that involves interdisciplinary interactions among scientists, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, chemists, and biologists who are concerned with one or more of the four basic elements of modern materials science: properties, structure and composition, synthesis and processing, and performance (National Research Council, 1989~. Traditional boundaries between disciplines sometimes needlessly constrain the development of unorthodox ideas and new theories.
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... Modern mathematical methods can aid in solving significant problems in materials science, while problems in materials science can suggest fruitful areas for mathematical research. In the larger perspective, however (National Research Council, 1989)
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... Specific candidates for such problems probably already exist, but this committee is not aware of prototypes that have been truly simplified to an irreducible essence. Therefore, the committee's recommendations focus on enabling incremental advances in cross-disciplinary research that involves mathematical sciences applied to materials science.
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... . =~ .., raise awareness of the value of quantitative methods in materials science, and will spur researchers to explore the interface between the mathematical sciences and materials science.
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