An elliptic curve is a kind of algebraic curve. Although this curve seems to have two separate parts, it is defined by a single equation.

There is a package of pictures of algebraic curves and their equations here.

Photo of maths students using a computer.

 Prof Anvar Shukurov delivering a lecture to Newcastle University students.

 Dr Oli King assisting a student with a computer assignment.

 Students at the School of Mathematics and Statistics reception.

This image shows the Bose-Einstein condensation of a gas as it reaches a critical temperature.

Professor Carlo Barenghi uses the techniques of fluid mechanics (a branch of applied mathematics) to study how atoms behave on the quantum scale.