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In 1942 Dan Pedoe moved to Birmingham and taught at the University of Birmingham until 1946. Most of the work was in engineering mathematics. During this period he was enlisted in the war effort to improve piston rings with the goal of emulating the dive-bombing tactics of the Nazis.
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