# Episode 2: Springs and Memory Alloys, with Mert Bastug

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Podcast: [On A Tangent: Voices of Mathematics Münster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-a-tangent-voices-of-mathematics-m-nster-6922170)
Published: 2024-05-27T13:30:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1318

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In this episode of On A Tangent, Simone is joined by Mert Bastug, a doctoral researcher in PDEs and Calculus of Variations. We discuss Mert’s first meeting with mathematics, how we can understand materials with the help of PDEs, and where they might take us next.

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