The verticalvibrationof a rigid circular footing resting on a single-layeredsaturatedground is studiedby employing the method of Hankeltransformandintegralequation.
Although the theory that describes the interaction of quarks and gluons is on a firm conceptual footing, it is so complicated in practice that it can take years to make a single calculation of something like the shape of a proton even using the most powerful supercomputers.
It appears that the Minister is now prepared to wrest control of whole areas from local government and put them on a wholly different footing - waste, social services, trading standards for example, run regionally or even as a single national service.