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Ten hours of daylight when I arrived, seven when I left. This is part of the magic of Norway. The days are shortening fast in autumn, and the light is different from any other place I have been before. Even the rain and the cold weather were not a downside of the time I spent there between October and November 2022. The working environment and the company outside the university were warm enough to balance the outside.
During my four-weeks secondment, I worked closely with the PIs Elena Celledoni and Brynjulf Owren and the ESR 5 Ergys Çokaj. The project focuses on contractive flows on Riemannian manifolds, and we proved some theoretical results and spent time looking for suitable numerical examples.
Among other things, I was able to attend the doctoral seminar and a talk on geometric finite elements by Dr. Oliver Sander, Professor at Technische Universität Dresden. Working in a large group is rather different from what I am used to, but it was nice to meet new people and share the experience of the PhD.
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On weekends, we went for walks in and around the city of Trondheim. We relaxed in the sauna on the ocean and enjoyed many evenings together.
I am very grateful for the welcome I received and hope to meet again in future collaborations and conferences with many of the people I have had the pleasure to meet here.
contributed by Denise Tumiotto (ESR 1)