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Society MeetingsSociety many years been active in ad- Meetings HONOURED IN dressing the gender imbalance and Events in and was a and Events NEW YEAR’S LIST member of the LMS Women 2014 in Mathematics Committee The London Mathematical from 2008 to 2013. She has also Friday 28 February Society (LMS) would like extend been active in the European Mary Cartwright its warmest congratulations to Women in Mathematics, having Lecture, York its former President, Professor served as Convenor, as well as page 17 Frances Kirwan, FRS, and also to chairing the Prizes Committee Monday 31 March Professor Celia Hoyles, current of the European Mathemati- Northern Regional President of the Institute of cal Society’s 6th European Meeting, Durham Mathematics and its Applica- Congress of Mathematicians 1 page 24 tions (IM), on becoming Dames in 2013. Professor Kirwan has Commander of the Order of the recently been awarded the LMS Tuesday 8 April British Empire in the New Year’s Senior . Society Meeting Honours list. Celia Hoyles receives at BMC, London Frances Kirwan receives her her honour for services to page 19 honour for services to Math- Education. She is Professor of 14–17 April ematics. She is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Invited Lectures, Mathematics at the University Institute of Education, London, University of of Oxford with an outstand- and formerly Director of the East Anglia ing research contribution in National Centre for Excellence page 21 . Through- in the Teaching of Mathemat- out her notable career she ics. She has been a leading Wednesday 16 has received many honours, advocate for the development April including being elected a of mathematics education in Joint Meeting with Fellow of the Royal Society in the UK and has directed many the Royal 2001 (only the third female research projects in this area. Meteorological to attain this Professor Hoyles was awarded Society, London honour), and the President an OBE in 2004 for services page 16 of the London Mathemati- to Mathematics Education. In Friday 25 April cal Society from 2003 to 2005 the same year she took up the Women in (only the second female ever position of the government's Mathematics Day, elected). Professor Kirwan is Chief Adviser for Mathemat- London a member of a number of UK, ics, a role she held until 2007. page 15 European and International In 2011 she received the first Scientific Advisory Committees, Royal Society Kavli Education NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER including that of the Max Planck Medal, awarded to ‘an indi- Institute for Mathematics in vidual who has made a signifi- ONLINE:ONLINE: newsletter.lms.ac.uk Bonn. Professor Kirwan has for cant impact on science or math- newsletter.lms.ac.uk cont’d LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 ematics education within the UK’. Professor Hoyles have been recognised. The huge con- 50 • This comes after the government an- • coordinating and delivering a wide range 50 2 Hoyles became IMA President in January tribution to the mathematical community 51 nounced as part of the 2013 Spending Re- of maths continuing professional de- 51 3 this year. depends on the effectiveness of mathemat- 52 view that it was increasing science capital velopment (CPD) and school-to-school 52 4 Professor Terry Lyons, FRSE FLSW FRS, ics education and on the development of 53 funding in real terms from £0.6 billion in support; 53 5 President of the LMS, said: ‘Mathematics is world-class mathematical research. Both 54 2012–13 to £1.1 billion in 2015–16, and in • ensuring maths leadership is developed 54 6 vital to society in so many different ways are indispensible and we are very fortunate 55 line with inflation to 2016–17. The gov- – eg running a programme for aspiring 55 7 and we are delighted that the outstanding to have benefited from the services of both 56 ernment will also set a long-term capital heads of maths departments; and 56 8 contributions of Frances Kirwan and Celia Frances Kirwan and Celia Hoyles’. 57 budget for science in the next Parliament • helping maths enrichment programmes 57 9 The LMS would also like to congratulate 58 growing in line with inflation to 2020–21. to reach a large number of students from 58 10 John Pullinger, President, Royal Statistical 59 The full Autumn Statement 2013 is primary school onwards. 59 11 LMS Newsletter Society, Librarian and Director General, In- 60 available at http://tinyurl.com/ps6t3ru. More information is available at http:// 60 http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk 12 formation Services, House of Commons on 61 RESEARCH tinyurl.com/p8jn98o. 61 13 Editorial office: London Mathematical receiving the honour of Companion of the 62 62 Society, 14 Order of the Bath (CB) for services to Parlia- 63 Centre for Doctoral Training at UCL Institute of Report: Gender imbal- 63 De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell Square, 15 ment. 64 As reported in the last policy round up Uni- ances in terms of subject choice London WC1B 4HS (t: 020 7637 3686; f: 020 64 16 7323 3655) 65 versities and Science Minister, David Willets, Almost one half (49%) of co-ed state-fund- 65 17 Articles: send articles to newsletter@lms. MATHEMATICS 66 has announced the UK’s largest invest- ed schools across England have increas- 66 18 ac.uk POLICY ROUND-UP 67 ment in engineering and physical sciences ing gender imbalances in terms of subject 67 19 Events calendar: updates and corrections to 68 PhDs will train scientists and engineers in choice while fewer than one in five (19%) 68 20 [email protected] January 2014 69 Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). It will are countering them. 69 Advertising: for rates and guidelines see 21 70 fund over 3,500 students at over 70 new The results demonstrate that many girls 70 2 www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter/ratecard.html GOVERNMENT POLICY 3 22 General Editor: Mr A.J.S. Mann 71 CDTs spread across 24 universities. One of and boys are being denied opportunities 71 23 ([email protected]) Autumn Statement 2013 72 the Centres which will be funded is EPSRC and suggest schools are paying insufficient 72 24 Reports Editor: Professor R.A. Wilson The government has announced it will 73 Centre for Doctoral Training in Geometry attention to countering gender stereo- 73 25 ([email protected]) be publishing a Science and Innovation 74 and Number Theory at the Interface types. 74 26 Reviews Editor: Professor D. Singerman Strategy for the Autumn Statement 2014. 75 (Professor Michael Singer, UCL). This was in- The report Closing Doors: Exploring 75 27 ([email protected]) This strategy will set out how the govern- 76 advertently omitted from the original list. A gender and subject choice in schools uses 76 Administrative Editor: S.M. Oakes 28 ment’s long-term commitment on science 77 revised list is available on the LMS website the National Pupil Database to track and 77 ([email protected]) 29 Typeset by the LMS at De Morgan House; capital announced at the Spending Round 78 at www.lms.ac.uk/policy/doctoral-training. analyse students’ progression to A-level 78 30 printed by Holbrooks Printers Ltd. 2013 will deliver the research and innova- 79 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES in six subjects—physics, mathematics, 79 31 Publication dates and deadlines: published tion infrastructure needed by the UK. 80 economics, biology, English and psychology. 80 32 monthly, except August. Items 81 New maths hubs Although individual teachers are clearly 81 33 and advertisements by the first day of the Other notable announcements included: 82 Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department important, the evidence strongly suggests 82 month prior to publication, or the closest 34 83 for Eduction) Elizabeth Truss announced that it is the school culture that deter- 83 preceding working day. Notices and adver- 35 Higher Education Student Numbers 84 £11 million for new maths hubs to drive up mines whether the damaging effects of 84 tisements are not accepted for events that 36 occur in the first week of the publication • Extra funding for STEM students of £50 85 the quality of maths teachers—as interna- gender imbalances are overcome or at least 85 37 month. million per academic year from 2015–16. 86 tional test results showed England’s perfor- reduced. 86 38 News items and notices in the Newslet- • Increase the cap for HEFCE-funded insti- 87 mance had stagnated. The full report is available at www.iop. 87 39 ter may be freely used elsewhere unless tutions by 30,000 for the academic year 88 The money will allow the development org/publications/iop/2013/file_62083.pdf. 88 40 otherwise stated, although attribution is 2014–15. 89 of a national network of around 30 ‘math- 89 requested when reproducing whole articles. 41 • Remove the cap on student numbers at 90 ematics education strategic hubs’ (MESH). Elizabeth Truss at the launch of Closing 90 Contributions to the Newsletter are made 42 under a non-exclusive licence; please contact publicly-funded higher education institu- 91 Each will be led by a teaching school and Doors report 91 43 the author or photographer for the rights tions in England by 2015–16. 92 will provide support to all schools in the The Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 92 44 to reproduce. The LMS cannot accept re- 93 area, across all areas of maths education, Elizabeth Truss, MP, spoke at the launch of 93 45 sponsibility for the accuracy of information National Infrastructure Plan 2013 94 including: the Institute of Physics report. 94 46 in the Newsletter. Views expressed do not • The National Infrastructure Plan 2013 95 • recruitment of maths specialists into The full transcript of the speech is 95 47 necessarily represent the views or policy of brings investments related to science and 96 teaching; available at http://tinyurl.com/khslyl8. 96 the London Mathematical Society. 48 innovation into its list of priority invest- 97 • initial training of maths teachers and con- Dr John Johnston 97 Charity registration number: 252660. 49 ments for the first time. 98 verting existing teachers into maths; Joint Promotion of Mathematics 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 The Heidelberg payment of £25,000 during the training 50 London Mathematical Society, De Morgan writing books, appearing on radio or tel- 50 2 Laureate Forum 2014 year, at least £5,000 more than the highest 51 House, 57-58 Russell Square, London WC1B evision, organising events or through an 51 3 bursary available. Of course it brings much 52 4HS. entirely separate medium. The LMS and 52 4 The call for applications for the 2014 Hei- more including the kudos of a prestigious 53 You do not need to be an LMS member IMA want to celebrate the achievements 53 5 delberg Laureate Forum is now open. The award and other non financial benefits 54 to apply. Deadline: 14 February 2014. Ap- of mathematicians who work to inspire 54 6 Heidelberg Laureate Forum is a unique op- including two year’s free membership of 55 plicants will be informed of the outcome others with their work. 55 7 portunity for excellent young mathema- the IMA, LMS, RSS and MEI and being part 56 by mid-March. The award is named after Professor Sir 56 8 ticians and computer scientists to meet of a supportive community in the training 57 Christopher Zeeman, FRS, president of the 57 9 eminent experts from both fields in a very year and beyond. Candidates should have 58 CHRISTOPHER LMS between 1986 and 1988. His notable 58 10 special environment. The first Forum took or expect to achieve a First, 2.1 or post- 59 ZEEMAN MEDAL career has been pioneering not only in the 59 11 place in September 2013 and brought graduate degree in a subject with a strong 60 fields of topology and catastrophe theory 60 12 together outstanding students in mathe- mathematical content (a 2:2 may be con- 61 Call for Nominations but also because of his ground breaking 61 13 matics and computer science with winners sidered with significant relevant experi- 62 work in bringing his beloved mathematics 62 14 of the most prestigious awards in these ence) or have extensive mathematical pro- 63 The Councils of the LMS and the IMA are to the wider public. 63 15 two disciplines: Abel, Fields, Nevanlinna fessional experience. Applicants who have 64 delighted to invite nominations for the Sir Christopher was the first mathemati- 64 16 and Turing. completed or will complete a Mathemat- 65 2014 award of the Christopher Zeeman cian to be asked to deliver the Royal In- 65 17 More information about the Heidelberg ics Subject Enhancement Course prior to 66 Medal, which is the UK award dedicated to stitution Christmas Lectures in 1978, a full 66 18 Laureate Forum is available at www.Hei September 2014 may also apply. 67 recognising excellence in the communica- 160 years since they began. His Mathemat- 67 19 delberg-Laureate-Forum.Org/. Informa- The robust assessment process consists of 68 tion of mathematics. ics into Pictures lectures have been cited by 68 20 tion on applications is available at https://ap two mathematical tests (online multiple 69 The IMA and LMS wish to honour mathe- many young UK mathematicians as their 69 21 plication.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/ choice and written exam), a discussion 70 maticians who have excelled in promoting inspiration. 70 4 22 intern/start_start_for.php. The deadline for group and formal interview and is carried 71 mathematics and engaging with the In recognition of both his work as a 71 5 23 applications is 28 February 2014. out by assessors involved in mathematical 72 general public. They may be academic mathematician and his contribution to the 72 24 education. If you know anyone who is in- 73 mathematicians based in universities, UK mathematics community, Sir Christo- 73 25 MATHEMATICS TEACHER terested in teaching mathematics or who 74 mathematics school teachers, industrial pher received the LMS–IMA David Crighton 74 26 TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS you think would be an excellent math- 75 mathematicians, those working in the Medal in 2006. 75 27 ematics teacher ask them to go to www. 76 financial sector or indeed mathematicians A form for nominations is available at 76 28 The Mathematical Sciences learned ima.org.uk/careers/teacher_scholarships. 77 from any number of other fields. www.lms.ac.uk/prizes/nominations-ima- 77 29 societies are working together to deliver up cfm for more information. 78 Most importantly, these mathematicians lms-prizes or from Duncan Turton at: 78 30 to 250 Scholarships for trainee secondary Dagmar Waller 79 will have worked exceptionally to bring London Mathematical Society, De Morgan 79 31 mathematics teachers who will start their Project Manager, IMA 80 mathematics to a non-specialist audience, House, Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS; 80 32 training in the 2014/15 academic year in 81 whether it is through giving public lectures, or email: [email protected]. 81 33 England. This is funded by the Department ICM 2014 82 82 34 for Education as part of their activities to LMS Travel Grants 83 83 35 encourage more teachers in ‘shortage sub- 84 84 36 jects’—a list headed by mathematics and The London Mathematical Society has set 85 85 37 physics. aside funds to be used for making grants to 86 86 38 The Scholarship scheme focuses on at- support the attendance of UK-based math- 87 87 39 tracting well qualified and passionate ematicians at the International Congress of 88 88 40 individuals who can inspire pupils and Mathematicians, Seoul, 13–21 August 2014 89 89 41 dispel the negative images associated (www.icm2014.org). 90 90 42 with learning mathematics. There are over The Society would particularly like to 91 91 43 2,500 mathematics teacher training places support those mathematicians at an early 92 92 44 in England this year and we want to help stage in their career, including postdocs. 93 93 45 fill these with prospective teachers who To apply, please complete the applica- 94 94 46 love mathematics and have the potential tion form (which can be downloaded 95 95 47 to create that ‘wow’ moment for their from the Society’s website www.lms.ac.uk/ 96 96 48 pupils. ICM2014LMSTravelGrants) and return to 97 97 49 A Scholarship provides a tax free Elizabeth Fisher, ICM 2014 Travel Grants, 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

perspective on Fourier multiplier theorems and 1 50 UK HARMONIC 50 dimension-free analysis in classical and abstract 2 51 51 ANALYSIS AND PDE harmonic analysis. This lively and stimulating 3 52 52 workshop was followed by a trip to a city-centre 4 53 RESEARCH NETWORK 53 pub and an informal dinner involving speakers, 5 54 54 Report students, visitors and academic staff. 6 55 55 The UK Harmonic Analysis and PDE Research Jon Bennett, Neal Bez and Marina Iliopoulou 7 56 56 Network, generously supported by an LMS (Birmingham) 8 57 Scheme 3 grant, held its 24th meeting at the Uni- 57 9 58 versity of Birmingham on the 20 November 2013. VISIT OF ISABELLE 58 10 LMS–CMI RESEARCH SCHOOLS 59 The meeting, which largely focussed on the rap- CHALENDAR 59 11 60 60 CALL FOR PROPOSALS idly-developing connections between harmonic Dr Isabelle Chalendar (University of Lyon 1, France) 12 61 61 analysis, arithmetic combinatorics and combina- will visit the UK in March 2014. Her interests lie in 13 62 62 torial geometry, had four invited speakers and complex analysis and operator theory, including 14 63 63 attracted about 25 participants. The first speaker, invariant subspaces. Dr Chalendar will give the 15 64 64 The London Mathematical Society and Clay Mathematics Institute invite Tony Carbery (Edinburgh), described recent following lectures: 16 65 65 proposals for Research Schools in 2015. progress on certain incidence-geometric problems • Oxford, Tuesday 11 March at 5 pm 17 66 66 of Kakeya type and the startling effectiveness Estimates near the origin for functional calculus 18 67 67 Up to £31,000 is available per Research School which provides training for of emerging methods from algebraic combina- on operator semigroups 19 68 68 young researchers in a core area of mathematics. The new series of courses torics. After lunch Julia Wolf (Bristol) gave a very • Leeds, Thursday 13 March at 4 pm 20 69 69 builds on the short courses, previously supported by the Society and EPSRC, elegant overview of some of the current chal- Inner functions in operator theory 21 70 70 and aims at the highest international standing by allowing for support of both lenges in higher order Fourier analysis, followed • Newcastle, Tuesday 18 March at 4.30 pm 6 22 71 71 7 international lecturers and participants. by András Máthé (Warwick), who presented Inner functions in operator theory 23 72 72 some beautiful results on the existence of similar Further information is available from Jonathan 24 73 73 The LMS and the CMI intend to support four Research Schools in 2015. copies of prescribed sequences in measureable Partington, [email protected], or the 25 74 74 sets. The meeting concluded with Javier Parcet webpage http://tinyurl.com/lmsscheme2. The visit 26 75 75 Prospective organisers should send an outline proposal to Elizabeth Fisher (ICMAT, Madrid) and a broad and far-reaching is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. 27 ([email protected]) by Tuesday 1 April 2014. 76 76 28 77 77 29 Outline proposals should discuss: 78 RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS AT LMS MEETINGS 78 30 79 79 SOUTH WEST & SOUTH WALES REGIONAL MEETING 31 • The general mathematical area of the proposed Course and its importance. 80 80 32 • The aims of the Course, its appropriateness to the Instructional Course pro- 81 held on 16 December 2013 at the University of Swansea as part of the Regional Workshop on 81 33 gramme and the likely level of demand for the Course. 82 Categorical and Homological Methods in Hopf Algebras. Over 35 members and visitors were 82 34 • The names and affiliations of the lecturers, titles of their courses and brief 83 present for all or part of the meeting. 83 35 syllabuses. 84 The meeting began at 2.00 pm with The General Secretary, Professor Stephen Huggett, in 84 36 • The provision for tutorial support. 85 the Chair. 85 37 86 No members were elected to membership. 86 38 Outline proposals should be no more than two A4 sides in length. 87 Three members signed the book and were admitted to the Society. 87 39 88 Professor Tomasz Brzezinski introduced a lecture given by Professor Shahn Majid on Recon- 88 struction and quantisation of Riemannian manifolds 40 For further details about the Research Schools, please visit the Society’s website: 89 89 Professor Brzezinski then introduced the second lecture given by Professor Toby Stafford 41 www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-cmi-research-schools. 90 90 entitled Classifying noncommutative projective surfaces. 42 91 91 After tea, Professor Brzezinski introduced the final lecture given by Professor Stefaan 43 Before submitting: Organisers are welcome to discuss informally their ideas 92 92 Caenepeel on Bicategories, two-dimensional cohomology, Galois coobjects, pseudomonoids 44 with the Chair of the Research Meetings Committee ([email protected]). 93 93 and the Brauer group. 45 94 94 The General Secretary expressed the thanks of the Society to the local organisers for putting 46 95 95 on such an interesting meeting. 47 96 96 Afterwards, a reception was held in the Department of Mathematics, followed by dinner 48 97 97 hosted at Fulton House. 49 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 LMS SOUTH WEST AND 50 uses the techniques and intuition from com- 50 2 SOUTH WALES REGIONAL 51 mutative algebraic geometry to study non- 51 3 52 commutative (graded) algebras and related 52 4 MEETING 2013 53 categories. The basic intuition here is that 53 5 54 one should treat the category of graded Report 54 6 55 modules over a noncommutative graded 55 7 The 2013 LMS South West and South Wales 56 algebra modulo modules of finite length 56 8 Regional Meeting was held at Swansea Uni- 57 as the category of coherent sheaves over a 57 9 versity on Monday 16 December and was 58 noncommutative scheme. In the second part 58 10 followed by the workshop on Categorical and 59 of his talk Professor Stafford described his 59 © T Brzezinski 11 Homological Methods in Hopf Algebras. Both 60 recent results on classifying subalgebras of 60 12 the meeting and workshop were organised 61 the Sklyanin algebra obtained in collabora- Kornél Szlachányi 61 13 by Edwin Beggs and Tomasz Brzezinski 62 tion with D. Rogalski and S. Sierra. ended with the Welsh dinner in Fulton House, 62 14 (Swansea), and were funded by the LMS. 63 The final talk of the afternoon was given Swansea University. 63 15 After a few words of welcome from the 64 by Professor Stefaan Caenepeel (Vrije Univer- The workshop had talks which covered 64 16 local organiser, the meeting was opened 65 siteit Brussel). In his lecture, entitled Bicat- recent developments in categorical and ho- 65 17 by the LMS General Secretary, Dr Stephen 66 egories, two-dimensional cohomology, Galois mological approaches to Hopf algebras and 66 18 Huggett. The minutes of the previous Society 67 coobjects, pseudomonoids and the Brauer their generalisations. The speakers were 67 19 meeting were approved and new members © T Brzezinski 68 group, Professor Caenepeel showed how one Marcelo Aguiar (Cornell University), Julien 68 20 were invited to sign the Membership Book. Stefaan Caenepeel 69 can associate bicategories to complexes of Bichon (Université Blaise Pascal Clermont- 69 21 On this occasion three members signed the its codifferential. In this way Riemannian 70 restricted Picard groupoids. The equivalence Ferrand II), Alain Bruguieres (Université 70 8 22 book. Once the formal proceedings were geometry can be seen as emerging out of a 71 classes of objects in these bicategories form Montpellier II), Martin Crossley (Swansea 71 9 23 completed the scientific activities started. central extension problem for differential 72 two-dimensional cohomology groups and University), Jose Gomez-Torrecillas (Universi- 72 24 The first speaker of the afternoon was graded algebras. In particular, this allows 73 classical results about cohomological inter- dad de Granada), Ulrich Kraehmer (University 73 25 Professor Shahn Majid (Queen Mary Uni- one to recover a differential quantisation of 74 pretation of, for instance, the Brauer group, of Glasgow), Timothy Logvinenko (Cardiff 74 26 versity of London), who delivered a lecture spacetime. 75 and the group of Galois coobjects over a University), Claudia Menini (Universita degli 75 27 entitled Reconstruction and quantisation The second lecture, entitled Classifying 76 commutative Hopf algebra, can be refined to Studi di Ferrara), Kornél Szlachányi (Wigner 76 28 of Riemannian manifolds. Professor Majid noncommutative projective surfaces, was 77 two-equivalences between certain bicatego- RCP, RMKI, Budapest), Marc Wambst (Univer- 77 29 explained how the Riemannian structure delivered by Professor Toby Stafford (Univer- 78 ries and the bicategories of cocycles. sité de Strasbourg), Simon Willerton (Univer- 78 30 on a manifold can be reconstructed from sity of Manchester). Professor Stafford began 79 After the conclusion of the mathematical sity of Sheffield) and Robert Wisbauer (Hein- 79 31 by explaining the basic idea of noncommu- 80 proceedings of the meeting, the participants rich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf). 80 32 tative algebraic geometry, namely that it 81 were invited for a wine reception at the Tomasz Brzezinski 81 33 82 Department of Mathematics. The meeting Swansea University 82 34 83 83 35 84 84 36 85 85 37 86 86 38 87 87 39 88 88 40 89 89 41 90 90 42 91 91 43 92 92 44 93 93 45 94 94 46 95 95

47 © T Brzezinski © T Brzezinski 96 © T Brzezinski © T Brzezinski 96 48 97 Toby Stafford Julien Bichon Timothy Logvinenko Robert Wisbauer 97 49 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 50 50 2 51 51 3 52 52 4 53 53 5 LMS 150TH ANNIVERSARY 54 54 6 55 55 7 POSTDOCTORAL MOBILITY GRANTS 56 56 8 2014-15 Awards 57 57 9 58 58 10 59 CECIL KING TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP 59 The London Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the launch of a new grants 11 60 60 scheme to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2015. Up to £9,200 will be awarded to math- 12 61 61 ematicians of excellent promise. The purpose of the grants is to support a period of study 13 62 62 and research in mathematics between three and six months in the academic year 2014–15 14 63 63 at one or more institutions other than the holder’s home institution. They are intended to The London Mathematical Society annually awards a £5,000 Cecil King 15 64 64 support promising researchers during the transitional period between having submitted Travel Scholarship in Mathematics, to a young mathematician of out- 16 65 65 their thesis and the start of their first post-doctoral employment. The value of the grant will standing promise. The Scholarship is awarded to support a period of 17 66 66 be calculated at £1,200 per month plus a travel allowance of up to £2,000. study or research abroad, typically for a period of three months. Study 18 67 or research in all areas of mathematics is eligible for the award. 67 19 68 68 At the time of the closing date applicants have to be UK residents. Successful candidates 20 69 69 must have submitted their thesis within twelve months before the start of their grant The award is competitive and based on a written proposal describ- 21 70 70 period. Grant holders are allowed to teach up to three hours a week. Otherwise they are ing the intended programme of study or research abroad, and the 10 22 71 71 11 expected to spend their working time on study and research. benefits to be gained from such a visit. A shortlist of applicants will be 23 72 selected for an interview during which they will be expected to make 72 24 73 73 Candidates are asked to provide with their application: a short presentation on their proposal. 25 74 74 26 75 75 • a completed application form Applicants must be nationals of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, 27 76 76 • a cover letter; either registered for or having completed a doctoral degree within 12 28 77 77 • a CV including a list of publications (maximal two A4 pages); months of the closing date. 29 78 78 • a research proposal including a rationale for the choice of institution(s) to be visited (max- 30 79 79 imal three A4 pages); Applications should be made using the form available on the Society's 31 80 80 • at least two letters of reference, which should be emailed by referees directly to the LMS website (www.lms.ac.uk/content/cecil-king-travel-scholarship) or by 32 81 81 (to the email address below) by the closing date; contacting [email protected]. The closing date for applications is 33 82 82 • and letter(s) of support from the host(s) at the institution(s) where the proposed visit will Friday 7 March 2014. It is expected that interviews will take place in 34 83 83 take place; it is expected that host institutions provide the grant holder with office space London in late April or early May. 35 84 84 and access to computing and library facilities. 36 85 85 37 86 86 These grants have been established by the LMS to mark its 150th anniversary. They will be 38 87 87 awarded for the academic years 2014–15 and 2015–16. 39 88 88 40 89 89 Applications should be sent by Friday 25 April 2014 preferably by email to: [email protected]. 41 90 90 42 91 91 (Posted applications will be accepted and may be sent to: Katy Henderson, Postdoctoral 43 92 92 Mobility Grants, The London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell Square, The Cecil King Travel Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Cecil 44 93 93 London WC1B 4HS.) King Memorial Fund. The award is made by the Council of the London 45 94 Mathematical Society on the recommendation of the Cecil King Prize 94 46 95 95 Queries should be referred to Katy Henderson: [email protected], tel.: +44 (0)20 7927 0809. Committee, nominated by the Society's Education Committee. 47 96 96 48 97 97 Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in late May 2014. 49 98 98 LMS NEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

SUMS MEETING Women in Numbers is the brainchild of and women in mathematics. The mailing list is ematics: Vector-valued partial differential Professor Kristin Lauter of Microsoft Research, used by subscribers to advertise conferences, equations and applications (supported by the Report Redmond, USA. She organised the first Women funding opportunities, job postings and any EMS) The University Mathematics Society at St in Numbers conference in Banff, Canada in other information that may be of interest. • EMS-ESMTB Summer School: Multiscale mod- Andrews, known as SUMS, held a meeting on 20 2008. The idea was to foster genuine mathe- The Women in Numbers initiative has now els in the life sciences November 2013, with the help and funding of matical links and collaborations between junior inspired several other specialised conferences • Sixth European Summer School: Financial an LMS Undergraduate Society Meeting grant. and senior female number theorists. This would for female mathematicians including Algebraic mathematics The main attraction of the event was a talk not only stimulate research but also create an in- Combinatorics, Shape Modelling, Topology and More information about these schools can be by Dr Colin Wright on the practice of juggling valuable network of contacts for those involved, Dynamical Systems. found at the website www.euro-math-soc.eu/ and the mathematical theory that underpins it. particularly for the more junior mathematicians, Jenny Cooley EMS-AMC. His enthusiasm for the subject was overwhelm- who would then have established academics Warwick University [Source: EMS Newsletter December 2013 p 7] ing, and the content was varied enough to with whom they had worked and whom they Call from the EMS Committee keep both the young children and mathemat- could ask for recommendation letters. EUROPEAN NEWS ics lecturers in the audience entertained. In the There have since been two further Women for European Solidarity course of an entertaining and enlightening in Numbers conferences: WiN 2, also in Banff EMS Schools in Applied Mathematics The EMS Committee for European Solidarity hour and a quarter a story was told about math- in 2011, and the above Women in Numbers— Currently, four series of summer schools in calls for travel grant applications from young ematics, with the emphasis on the unexpected Europe (WINE) conference in October, as well as applied mathematics take place every year researchers and funding requests from organ- places where it crops up. The talk was followed several Women in Sage conferences for women under the EMS banner. Their existence and or- isers of conferences or advanced courses to be by a wine and cheese event, which allowed who develop the open source computer algebra ganisation are part of the activities of the EMS held in 2014 or 2015. Decisions will be taken people to interact with the speaker on a more package Sage. More Women in Numbers and Applied Mathematics Committee. The EMS at two deadlines, normally in April and October. conversational basis, as well as discuss the talk Women in Sage conferences are planned. The considers as a priority the goal that the schools Further information and application forms can keep a high scientific level and focus on topics be found in the Committee's web page www. 12 and socialise with each other. Colin was happy format of the WINE conference was as follows: 13 to answer the questions whether they were the participants were carefully selected so as to of relevant impact. The EMS helps these schools euro-math-soc.eu/comm-eur-solid.html. about juggling or other unexpected applica- fit into research groups of roughly six research- in fundraising and in particular, contributes [Source: EMS e-news, 20 December 2013 tions of mathematics. ers, each headed by two experienced math- towards the participation of young researchers http://euro-math-soc.eu/news.html] from European and Mediterranean countries. Overall the wine and cheese went down well, ematicians who had devised a project to be Heinz Hopf Prize and Lectures 2013 and people seemed to really enjoy themselves. Initially, there was a school organised by IMPAN worked on for the week of the conference and The Heinz Hopf Prize, awarded every two years, The talk was a complete success and with the at- in Bedlewo and a school organised by CIME beyond. Each group contained mathematicians has been awarded to Helmut Hofer (Princeton) tendance at 60 it was one of the best attended taking place every year. In 2010, a summer school in various stages of their careers, the most junior and Yakov Eliashberg (Stanford). The prize meetings of the society for two years. We hope in biomathematics joined ESSAM. It is organised being students in the latter stages of their PhDs. ceremony took place on 3 December 2013 to host similar events in the future. Further in- every year by the ESMTB (European Society for Each research group worked on its project in- presented by Professor Dr Roland Siegwart, Vice formation about SUMS can be found at https:// Mathematical and Theoretical Biology). The last tensively for the week and presented findings President of ETH Zurich. Lectures were given by www.facebook.com/groups/StAndrews.SUMS/, ESSAM school was created in 2011: a summer at the end of the conference. The WiN confer- the prize winners. Grant Ross ences also publish conference proceedings ap- school in mathematical finance. It is organised [Source: www.math.ethz.ch/hopf] St Andrews University proximately one year after the event containing by the Institut Louis Bachelier. the research that resulted from the meeting. The programme committees of the organis- Fermat Prize 2013 WINE REPORT From its origins as a conference, WiN has ing institutions incorporate a representative of The Fermat Prize awarded once every two years I attended the Women in Numbers—Europe now expanded into a community of female the EMS Applied Mathematics Committee for by the Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (WINE) conference held in Luminy, France from number theorists. Most significantly there is the the planning of future schools and to certify has been awarded jointly to Camillo De Lellis 14 to 18 October 2013. This was part of a broader wonderful Women in Number Theory website their scientific level and the fulfilment of EMS for his fundamental contributions (in collabora- initiative for female mathematicians working in http://womeninnumbertheory.org/ and the WiN requirements. If you want to create such a series tion with László Székelyhidi) to the conjecture the field of Number Theory, which is building a mailing list maintained by Dr Michelle Manes of or you are in charge of an existing one and you of Onsager about dissipative solutions of the community of female number theorists who can the University of Hawaii. On the website one want to become part of the ESSAM schools, Euler equations and for his work on the regu- support each other throughout their careers. As may find details of all the past and future confer- please send a message to Helge Holden at larity of minimal surfaces; and to Martin Hairer a result of the conference I am now in a collabo- ences and proceedings, a comprehensive list of [email protected]. for his contributions to the analysis of stochas- ration with six other mathematicians including female number theorists listed by both research List of ESSAM 2013 schools: tic partial differential equations, especially for two professors and two tenured associate pro- area and location, details of the published and • IMPAN-EMS Bedlewo School: EMS School on the regularity of solutions and convergence to fessors in four countries. As a fourth year PhD current research that was initiated at WiN con- Computational aspects of gene regulation equilibrium. student currently applying for post-docs this is ferences, and useful links for number theorists (supported by Cost) [Source: EMS e-news, 22 November 2013 hugely beneficial to my career. • CIME-EMS Summer School in Applied Math- http://euro-math-soc.eu/news.html] LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 50 50 2 51 51 3 52 52 4 53 53 5 54 54 6 55 LMS WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS DAY 2014 55 7 56 56 8 LMS–EPSRC DURHAM SYMPOSIA 57 The Women in Mathematics Day is an annual event organised by the London Mathematical 57 9 Society. This year it will be held on Friday 25 April at De Morgan House in London. As usual, CALL FOR PROPOSALS 58 58 10 59 sessions will include talks by women mathematicians at different career stages and a poster 59 11 60 session. There will also be a number of practical sessions to help women get the most out 60 of their careers in mathematics. Sessions will include advice on how to get funding for your 12 The London Mathematical Society invites proposals for Durham Symposia in 2015 and 61 61 first postdoc and beyond and discussion groups on topics such as combining family and career, 13 beyond. 62 62 working overseas and making the next step in your career. 14 63 63 15 The LMS and the EPSRC intend to support at least two Durham Symposia in 2015. 64 The event provides an opportunity to meet and talk with women who are active and successful 64 16 65 in mathematics. 65 17 The Symposia began in 1974, and have now become an established and recognised series 66 The event is open to all but would be of particular interest to women mathematicians, particu- 66 18 of international research meetings. They provide an excellent opportunity to explore an 67 larly PhD students and those at an early stage of their career. 67 19 area of research in depth, to learn of new developments, and to instigate links between 68 Any postgraduates, postdocs or research assistants interested in giving a talk or presenting a 68 20 different branches. The format is designed to allow substantial time for interaction and 69 poster at the meeting should contact Eugenie Hunsicker ([email protected]) by 28 March 69 21 research. The meetings are by invitation only and held in July and August, usually lasting 70 2014. 70 10 days, with up to 70 participants, roughly half of whom will come from the UK. They are 14 22 71 To encourage high quality posters, a £50 book token will be awarded for the poster that is 71 15 held at the University of Durham. 23 72 judged to be the WiM Day Best Poster 2014. 72 24 73 73 25 Prospective organisers should send a formal proposal to the Durham Representative, Dirk 74 Programme 74 Schuetz ([email protected]) by Tuesday 1 April 2014. 26 75 10.30-11.00 Registration and Coffee 75 27 76 76 Proposals should include: 11.00-13.00 Morning Session 28 77 Welcome from LMS President 77 29 78 Sarah Hart (Birkbeck College) Counting in Coxeter Groups 78 • A full list of proposed participants, divided into specific categories (please see the guid- 30 79 Katia Babbar (Lloyds) Quantitative Finance in Practice: a Math- 79 ance on submission of proposals at www.lms.ac.uk/events/durham-symposia for more de- 31 80 ematician on the Trading Floor 80 32 tails). Proposers are encouraged to actively seek to include women speakers and speakers 81 Anne Juel (University of Manchester) Confining bubbles in small 81 33 from ethnic minorities, or explain why this is not possible or appropriate. 82 spaces: Instabilities and Pattern Formation on the pore scale 82 34 • A detailed scientific case for the symposium, which shows the topic is active and gives 83 13.00-14.00 Lunch and Poster Session 83 35 reasons why UK mathematics would benefit from a symposium on the proposed dates. 84 84 14.00-16.00 Afternoon Session 36 • Details of additional support from other funding bodies. 85 85 Postgraduate/Postdoctoral speakers 37 • Where appropriate, prospective organisers should consider the possibility of an ‘industry 86 86 Funding talk (EPSRC) 38 day’. 87 87 Discussion groups 39 88 88 Tea and end of Poster Session 40 The Durham Representative will provide an estimated cost for accommodation for the 89 16.00-16.30 89 41 symposium and estimated travel costs for each participant. 90 90 Participants are invited to join us for dinner at a local restaurant after the event. If you would 42 91 91 like to attend please confirm when you register. The dinner will be at participants’ own cost. 43 For further details about the Durham Symposia, please visit the Society’s website: 92 92 44 www.lms.ac.uk/events/durham-symposia. 93 The event is free for students and speakers and £5 for all others, payable on the day. 93 45 94 Limited funds are available to help with the travel costs of students attending the event, please 94 46 Before submitting: Organisers are welcome to discuss informally their ideas with the 95 email [email protected] for further details. 95 47 Durham Representative ([email protected]) and/or the Chair of the Research 96 Register by 11 April 2014 by emailing [email protected] (late registrations for places 96 48 Meetings Committee, Professor Ulrike Tillmann FRS ([email protected]). 97 may be accepted, subject to availability). 97 49 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 50 50 2 51 51 3 52 52 4 53 53 5 54 MARY CARTWRIGHT LECTURE AND SOCIETY MEETING 54 6 55 55 7 JOINT SOCIETY MEETING 56 Friday 28 February 2014 56 8 with 57 University of York, Ron Cooke Hub, Heslington East, YO10 5GE 57 9 58 58 10 The Royal Meteorological Society 59 59 11 60 60 12 Blackett Laboratory, Lecture Theatre 1, Imperial College London, 61 61 13 South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2BW 62 3.30 Opening of the Meeting 62 14 63 Anne Taormina 63 15 Wednesday 16 April 2014 at 2pm 64 64 (University of Durham) 16 65 65 17 66 Moonshines 66 18 THE MATHS OF PLANET EARTH 67 67 19 68 4.30 Tea 68 20 Speakers: 69 69 5.00 Mary Cartwright Lecture 21 Chris Budd (University of Bath) 70 70 Reidun Twarock 16 22 Tamsin Edwards (University of Bristol) 71 71 17 23 72 (University of York) 72 Chris Jones (The University of North Carolina) 24 73 Viruses and geometry: 73 25 Ted Shepherd, FRMetS (University of Reading) 74 hidden symmetries in 74 26 Emily Shuckburgh (British Antarctic Survey) 75 virology 75 27 76 © Christine Cockett John Taylor (DAMTP, ) 76 28 77 6.00 Wine reception Reidun Twarock 77 29 Mary Cartwright Lecturer 2014 Mathematics has always played a crucial role in modelling the weather and . Today, 78 78 30 scientists and policy makers are demanding ever-more detailed information from simula- 79 79 31 tions of the Earth system, and our strategy for model development requires concomitant 80 80 32 advances in mathematics. The international programme 'Mathematics of Planet Earth 81 81 33 2013 (MPE2013)' is devoted to advancing research programmes in all areas of environ- 82 82 34 mental and biological modelling in which maths plays a crucial role, and the organizers 83 To register, please contact Katy Henderson (womeninmaths@lms. 83 35 hope that the initiative will have a lasting impact. 84 ac.uk) by Friday 21 February. Late registrations for places may still be 84 36 85 accepted, subject to availability. 85 37 In this Society Meeting of the LMS, in collaboration with the Royal Meteorological Society 86 86 38 (www.rmets.org) presentations will be made by those who have been involved with 87 The reception will be followed by a dinner at 31 Castlegate, at a cost 87 39 MPE2013 in the fields of weather, climate and environmental prediction. This meeting 88 of £35 per person, inclusive of wine. If you would like to attend the 88 40 will focus on Earth observation and Earth system modelling, and will discuss how improve- 89 dinner, please contact Katy Henderson ([email protected]) by 89 41 ments in models, and the optimal exploitation of observations, depends on advances in 90 90 42 Friday 21 February. mathematics. 91 91 43 92 There are limited funds available to contribute in part to the expenses 92 44 This meeting is sponsored by The Grantham Institute for , an Institute 93 of members of the Society or research students to attend the meeting. 93 45 of Imperial College London, and the London Mathematical Society. Non-members are 94 94 46 95 Please contact Katy Henderson ([email protected]) for further 95 welcome to attend these meetings. Where seating capacity is limited, priority will be given information. 47 to members. 96 96 48 97 97 49 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 INTERNATIONAL problems in nano-electronics. The invited 50 Oleg Pikhurko (Warwick), Tom Sanders (Bristol), Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace 50 2 CONGRESS FOR speakers include 51 (Oxford), Gregory Sorkin (LSE) (Louvain), Montserrat Casals-Ruiz (Oxford), 51 3 • Jussi Behrndt (TU Graz) 52 David Craven (Birmingham), 52 4 WOMEN IN • Malcolm Brown (Cardiff University) 53 ERGODIC THEORY Anton Evseev (Birmingham) 53 5 MATHEMATICS • Christina Camara (Lisbon) 54 Organised by Oliver Jenkinson (QMUL): 54 6 • Brian Davies, FRS (King's College, London) 55 Alan Haynes (York), Ian Morris (Surrey), NUMBER THEORY 55 7 2014 • Plamen Djakov (Istanbul) 56 Mark Pollicott (Warwick), Organised by Sarah Zerbes (UCL): 56 8 • Desmond Evans (Cardiff) 57 Sebastian van Strien (Imperial), Dan Jennifer Balakrishnan (Oxford), Rebecca 57 9 The International Congress for Women in • Gerd Grubb (Copenhagen) 58 Thompson (Ohio State) Bellovin (Imperial), Nuno Freitas (Bayreuth), 58 10 Mathematics 2014 (ICWM2014) will take • Matthias Hieber (Darmstadt) 59 David Loeffler (Warwick), Abhishek Saha 59 11 place in Seoul on 12 and 14 August 2014, • Jan Janas (Krakow) 60 GEOMETRY (Bristol), Igor Wigman (King's) 60 12 bringing together women mathematicians • Stanislas Kupin (Bordeaux) 61 Organised by Behrang Noohi (QMUL) and The registration is now open through 61 13 and their supporters from around the • Pavel Kurasov (Stockholm) 62 Richard Thomas (Imperial): the conference website: www.maths.qmul. 62 14 world. • Heinz Langer (Vienna) 63 Arend Bayer (Edinburgh), Kai Behrend ac.uk/bmc2014 and the registration fee will 63 15 The meeting on 12 August will take place • Ari Laptev (Imperial College, London) 64 (British Columbia), Hélène Eynard-Bon- increase from 15 February 2014. 64 16 in Ewha Womans University. ICM2014 • Marco Marletta (Cardiff) 65 temps (Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris), András Google are funding PhD students to 65 17 opens on 13 August and the programme • Boris Pavlov (St Petersburg/Auckland) 66 Juhász (Oxford), André Neves (Imperial), attend the conference and we are inviting 66 18 of ICWM2014 on 14 August is partially in- • Michael Plum (Karlsruhe) 67 Oscar Randal-Williams (Cambridge) applications via the conference website. 67 19 tegrated in that of ICM2014, and occurs at • Roman Romanov (St Petersburg) 68 The BMC workshops are supported by the 68 20 the same place, COEX. • Alexander Sobolev (University College 69 GROUP THEORY London Mathematical Society and by the 69 21 The programme includes plenary lectures London) 70 Organised by John Bray (QMUL) and Clay Mathematics Institute. 70 18 22 by: Laura DeMarco, Isabel Dotti, Jaya Iyer, • Christiane Tretter (Bern), 71 Nikolay Nikolov (Oxford): Contact: Ivan Tomašić or Behrang Noohi 71 19 23 Motoko Kotani, Hee Oh, Gabriella Tar- Further information, including 72 John Britnell (Imperial), Timothy Burness at [email protected]. 72 24 antello and Donna Testerman, a panel registration details, can be found on the 73 73 25 session Mathematics and Women: different website www.kent.ac.uk/smsas/events/ 74 74 26 regions, similar struggles, a poster session spectral-theory.html. For queries email 75 LMS SOCIETY MEETING AT THE BMC 75 27 on 12 August, and the ICM Emmy Noether [email protected]. 76 8 April 2014 at 11.30 am 76 28 lecture by Georgia Benkart on 12 August, There is some financial support available 77 77 29 followed by a reception at ICWM Night. for UK based research students. The 78 Queen Mary, University of London 78 30 Transport to the ICM welcoming reception meeting is supported by the European 79 79 31 on 12 August will be provided. Informa- Union Marie Curie Action, University of 80 80 32 tion and registration at www.kwms.or.kr/ Kent Faculty of Sciences and an LMS Con- 81 81 33 icwm2014. ference grant. 82 82 34 83 83 35 KENT SPECTRAL BRITISH MATHEMATICAL 84 Claire Voisin (CNRS and École Polytechnique) 84 36 THEORY MEETING COLLOQUIUM 2014 85 85 37 86 Points, zero cycles, and rationality questions 86 38 The Kent Spectral Theory Meeting will take The 66th British Mathematical Colloquium 87 87 39 place at the University of Kent in Canter- will take place at Queen Mary University 88 88 40 bury from 14 to 17 April 2014. It will focus of London from 7 to 10 April 2014. Further 89 89 41 on direct and inverse problems for ordinary to the announcement of the plenary and 90 90 Claire Voisin 42 and partial differential equations, non- morning speakers, in the December LMS 91 The British Mathematical Colloquium will take place in the School of Mathematics, Queen 91 43 selfadjoint operators, dissipative operators Newsletter, the afternoon workshop 92 Mary, University of London, from 7 to 10 April 2014. 92 44 and functional models, block operator speakers will include the following: 93 The first talk will start at 15:30 on Monday 7 April, and the last talk will end at 12:30 on 93 45 matrices, periodic and quasiperiodic dif- 94 Thursday 10 April. 94 46 ferential operators, orthogonal polynomi- COMBINATORICS 95 95 To register, visit www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/bmc2014/registration. 47 als and spectral theory of Jacobi matrices, Organised by Mark Walters (QMUL): 96 96 48 quantum graphs, Toeplitz operators, Rie- David Conlon (Oxford), Mark Jerrum 97 Early bird registration closes on 14 February 2014. 97 49 mann-Hilbert problems and mathematical (QMUL), Tom McCourt (Plymouth), 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 50 50 2 51 51 3 52 52 4 53 53 5 54 54 6 Building Bridges: 2nd EU/US Summer School 55 LMS INVITED LECTURER 2014 55 7 56 56 8 on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics 57 Professor Jouko Väänänen 57 9 LMS–CMI Research School 58 (University of Helsinki and University of Amsterdam) 58 10 Bristol 59 59 11 60 14–17 April 2014 60 30 June–5 July 2014 12 61 University of East Anglia 61 13 Organisers: Lynne Walling (Bristol), Jennifer Beineke (Western New England 62 62 University) 14 63 63 15 Automorphic forms are present in almost every area of modern number theory. In recent 64 Games, trees and models: This is a new approach to mathematical properties of un- 64 16 decades there has been a starburst of activity and progress in this broad area, leading to 65 countable structures. We relate it to certain transfinite games, mathematics of trees, 65 17 many new directions, applications, and connections with other areas within mathemat- 66 and a branch of model theory called stability theory. 66 18 ics and mathematical physics. The purpose of the research school is to provide graduate 67 67 Foundations of mathematics and second order logic: The role of second order logic is 19 students and early career researchers with training on some topics that are having great 68 68 a source of a lot of debate in the area of foundations and philosophy of mathematics. 20 impact on current research in automorphic forms, allowing them to make new connec- 69 69 In this topic we give a mathematical approach to second order logic, using methods 21 tions, with areas related to their current research programs and with other researchers. 70 70 20 from the first topic, and discuss a foundational and philosophical interpretation of 21 22 The school will be comprised of three 2-day intensive mini-courses, each team-taught by 71 71 the results. 23 a pair of experts, and supplemented by afternoon problems sessions. 72 72 24 73 73 • Explicit Methods for Modular Forms and L-functions (John Cremona, University of War- The mathematical theory of dependence and independence: A topic introduced by 25 74 74 wick and Tim Dokchitser, University of Bristol) Väänänen in his 2007 monograph Dependence Logic. The general methodology in- 26 75 75 troduced in the previous two topics is used to analyse dependence and independ- 27 • The Legacy of Ramanujan (William Duke, UCLA and Ozlem Imamoglu, ETH Zurich) 76 76 ence concepts throughout mathematics with applications to computer science, and 28 77 77 • The Langlands Program (James Cogdell, Ohio State University and Solomon Friedberg, a number of other fields of science, where dependence and independence concepts 29 78 78 Boston College) have a crucial role. 30 79 79 For further information please visit: www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~mamjd/bb/index.html. 31 80 There will also be supplementary lectures by: 80 32 Applications: Research students, post-docs and those working in industry are invited to 81 81 • S. Abramsky (Oxford) 33 apply. The closing date for applications is 15 March 2014. Numbers will be limited and 82 82 • J. Bagaria (ICREA, Barcelona) 34 those interested are advised to make an early application. Applications should be made 83 83 • M. Dzamonja (UEA) 35 using the registration form available via the Society’s website at: www.lms.ac.uk/events/ 84 84 • D. Isaacson (Oxford) 36 lms-cmi-research-schools and applicants should have a letter of support sent to the or- 85 85 • P. Galliani (Clausthal University of Technology) 37 ganisers at: [email protected]. 86 86 • P. Welch (Bristol) 38 *All applicants will be contacted within two weeks after the deadline; information 87 87 39 about individual applications will not be available before then* 88 Lectures on April 14 will take place in London, other lectures in Norwich. University 88 40 Financial support: There is some support available for travel and local costs; requests for 89 accommodation will be available. Limited financial support is available with prefer- 89 41 support should be indicated on the application form. 90 ence given to UK research students. Please contact the organisers for further details: 90 42 91 [email protected] 91 Fees: Registration for a graduate student is £150, and for an early career researcher it 43 92 92 is £250, although these fees may be lowered or waived as is appropriate. Fees are not 44 93 Deadline for funding: 15 February 2014. 93 payable until a place on the course is offered but will be due by 15 May 2014. 45 94 94 46 95 For further details on the 2014 Invited Lectures please visit: www.uea.ac.uk/~h020/ 95 LMS-CMI Research Schools aim to provide training for young researchers in core areas of mathematics. Students and 47 post-docs can meet a number of leading experts in the topic as well as other young researchers working in related areas. 96 Jouko.html. 96 48 The LMS is the UK’s learned society for mathematics. Registered charity no. 252660 (www.lms.ac.uk) 97 97 49 The CMI is charitable private operating foundation, incorporated in the USA. 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 BRITISH APPLIED • Hannes Leitgeb (München) 50 50 2 MATHEMATICS • Menachem Magidor (Jerusalem) 51 51 3 • John Steel (Berkeley) 52 52 4 COLLOQUIUM 2014 • Hugh Woodin (Harvard) 53 53 5 The meeting is supported by the Heilbronn 54 Cardiff University: 28–30 April 2014 54 6 Institute at Bristol, as a Heilbronn Day, by the 55 55 7 Plenary Speakers School of Mathematics and the British Logic 56 56 8 • Martine Ben Amar (Ecole Normale Supé- Colloquium. For further information visit the 57 57 9 rieure, Paris) website at http://tinyurl.com/pa9szk6 or email 58 58 10 Morphogenesis and Embryogenesis Kentaro Fujimoto (kentaro.fujimoto@bristol. 59 59 11 • Helen Byrne () ac.uk). 60 60 12 Angiogenesis under the Microscope: New 61 61 13 Mathematical Perspectives on an Old Problem YWFAW 62 62 14 • Michael Graham (University of Wisconsin at 63 63 15 Madison) The Young Functional Analysts’ Workshop 64 64 16 The Stewartson Lecture (YFAW) is an event aimed at early-stage re- 65 65 17 Drag Reduction and the Dynamics of Turbu- searchers (postgraduates and postdocs) in func- 66 66 18 lence in Simple and Complex Fluids tional analysis and related areas. The workshop 67 67 19 • Ross McPhedran (University of Sydney) has been running successfully for several years 68 68 20 Ruling the Waves: from Photonic Crystals to now, with previous meetings having been held 69 69 21 Metamaterials in Leeds, Newcastle, York, Oxford and Sheffield. 70 70 22 22 • Alfio Quarteroni (Ecole Polytechnique Fed- YFAW offers participants an opportunity both 71 71 23 23 erale de Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano) to present their own work in front of a sympa- 72 72 24 The IMA Lighthill Lecture thetic audience, and to get to know less familiar 73 73 25 The Challenge of Complexity in Numerical areas of current research in functional analysis 74 74 26 Simulations through talks given by other young researchers 75 75 27 as well as invited speakers. All participants are 76 76 28 Public Lecture encouraged to take advantage of the friendly 77 77 29 • Mary Lou Zeeman (Bowdoin College) and welcoming environment and give a talk, 78 78 30 Harnessing Maths to Understand Tipping but those who would prefer not to are equally 79 79 31 Points in Climate and Sustainability welcome. 80 80 32 Further details on registration and submis- The 2014 Young Functional Analysts' 81 81 33 sion of abstracts may be found on the BAMC Workshop will be held at the University of 82 82 34 website: http://mathsevents.cf.ac.uk/bamc2014/. Lancaster from 23 to 25 April 2014. The invited 83 83 35 Deadline for Early Bird registration is 1 March speakers are: 84 84 36 2014. The colloquium is supported by an LMS • Alexander Belton (Lancaster University) 85 85 37 Conference grant. • Mădălin Guţă (University of Nottingham) 86 86 38 • Piotr Koszmider (IMPAN, Warsaw) 87 87 39 MATHEMATICAL LOGIC • Ivan Todorov (Queen's University Belfast) 88 88 40 • András Zsák (Peterhouse, University of 89 89 41 A two-day conference celebrating Philip Welch's Cambridge) 90 90 42 60th birthday and his work in mathematical Registration deadline is 18 March 2014. To 91 91 43 logic will take place on from 22 to 23 March register and for further information visit the 92 92 44 2014 at the University of Bristol. Confirmed website at https://sites.google.com/site/yfawuk/ 93 93 45 speakers at the conference are: or email [email protected]. 94 94 46 • David Aspero (UEA) The workshop is supported by the Lancaster 95 95 47 • Volker Halbach (Oxford) University Faculty of Science and Technology 96 96 48 • Peter Koellner (Harvard) and an LMS Postgraduate Research Conference 97 97 49 • Peter Koepke (Bonn) Scheme 8 grant. 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 50 50 2 51 51 3 52 52 4 53 53 5 54 54 6 55 55 7 56 56 8 Easter School “Dynamics and 57 57 9 58 58 10 Analytic Number Theory” 59 59 11 60 THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 60 12 LMS Northern Regional Meeting Followed by Series of 61 61 13 Minicourses 62 JOINTLY WITH GRESHAM COLLEGE 62 14 63 63 15 Durham University, 31 March – 4 April 2014 64 64 16 65 Wednesday, 21 May 2014 65 17 66 66 18 We invite PhD students and researchers from both areas of analytic number 67 6:00pm at The Museum of London 67 19 68 68 theory and dynamics to attend the Easter School. This event will be a good 20 69 69 21 opportunity to learn methods and to exchange ideas in these two areas. 70 70 24 22 71 The Secret Mathematicians 71 25 23 72 72 24 Accommodation and meals will be provided. 73 73 25 74 Professor , OBE 74 26 75 University of Oxford 75 27 Application deadline is 31 December 2013. 76 76 28 77 From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the 77 29 78 mathematician’s palette of shapes, patterns and numbers has proved a 78 30 79 powerful inspiration. Artists can be subconsciously drawn to the same 79 31 Invited Speakers: 80 80 32 81 structures that fascinate mathematicians as they hunt for interesting new 81 structures to frame their creative process. 33 Tim Austin (Courant, NYU) Alex Kontorovich (Yale) 82 82 34 83 83 Yann Bugeaud (Strasbourg) Sanju Velani (York) 35 84 Professor du Sautoy will explore the hidden mathematical ideas that 84 Manfred Einsiedler (ETH Zürich) 36 Trevor Wooley (Bristol) 85 underpin the creative output of well-known artists and reveal that the 85 37 Giovanni Forni (Maryland) 86 work of the mathematician is also driven by strong aesthetic values. 86 38 87 87 39 88 88 40 89 ADMISSION FREE 89 41 90 90 42 Organisers: D. Badziahin (Durham) A. Ghosh (UEA) A. Gorodnik (Bristol) 91 91 N. Peyerimhoff (Durham) T. Ward (Durham) B. Weiss (Tel Aviv) NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED – FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 43 92 92 44 93 More information and application procedure: 93 45 http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/users/dzmitry.badziahin/2014_Easter_school/easter_index.html 94 Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN 94 E-mail: [email protected] 46 95 Nearest underground stations: Barbican, St Paul’s, and Moorgate 95 47 96 96 48 97 020 7831 0575 [email protected] www.gresham.ac.uk 97 49 98 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 obituaries his retirement in 1992, at which point he 50 ematician status. graduate) marks in Galois theory still rank 50 2 was made Emeritus Professor. 51 Douglas was a fine man, a friend and among the best we have ever had...When DOUGLAS JONES 51 3 Douglas's style and approach to math- 52 mentor and is greatly missed. He was pre- he left the college (in 1972) he continued 52 4 Professor Douglas ematical research is nicely encapsulated by 53 deceased by his wife Ivy and is survived by his researches and, in spite of serious ill 53 5 Samuel Jones, FRS, the following remark of Sir James Lighthill 54 his sisters Dot and Joyce. health which necessitated several op- 54 6 FRSE, who was relating to the theory of generalised 55 erations, he was awarded the PhD of 55 7 elected a member functions made at the 1992 Dundee confer- 56 ANDRZEJ WOJCIECH ORCHEL London University...’ Professor Bonnor also 56 8 of the London Math- ence to mark his 70th birthday. It concerns 57 described Andrew as a ‘friendly, kindly man, 57 9 ematical Society on Douglas's book The Theory of Generalised 58 Dr Andrzej W. with a strong sense of humour’ and ‘many 58 10 18 May 1979, died on Functions. 59 Orchel, who was other excellent qualities, among them per- 59 11 26 November 2013, “I have moreover been overjoyed that 60 elected a member sistence, determination and courage.’ 60 © Godfrey Argent Studio 12 aged 91. my tiny 80-page Introduction to Fourier 61 of the London Math- Andrew worked briefly for ICI on Teesside 61 13 Brian Sleeman writes: Douglas Jones was Analysis and Generalised Functions, which 62 ematical Society on but was forced to lead a reclusive lifestyle at 62 14 born in Corby, Northants, on 10 January concentrates on functions of just one 63 22 November 1969, the family home in Linthorpe where he was 63 15 1922. He won a scholarship to Wolverhamp- variable, has proved to be a suitable appe- 64 died on 22 January happiest. He was a keen student of nature, 64 16 ton Grammar School where he became tite-whetting ‘starter’, as it were, leading up 65 2012, aged 65. a talented amateur photographer and artist 65 17 Senior Prefect, Captain of both Chess and to Douglas's superbly concocted ‘main dish’ 66 Jack Orchel writes: and read widely. He devoted much time to 66 18 Cricket as well as Vice-Captain of Soccer. in 540 pages which extends all the results in 67 Andrzej (Andrew) studying P shapes and delighted in making 67 © Jack Orchel 19 In 1940 Douglas won an open scholarship a comprehensive fashion and includes the 68 Orchel was born in discoveries in this field. His legacy lies in his 68 20 to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. As was corresponding properties of functions of 69 Edinburgh on 16 January 1947. The second huge archive of photographs and diaries 69 21 the experience of many young men of that many variables.” 70 of four sons of Dr Eugeniusz and Rozalia which documents the life of the Orchel 70 26 22 period Douglas's University career was in- During his career his achievements have 71 Orchel (née Wasylkowska), he attended St family. He died suddenly of a heart attack 71 27 23 terrupted by call up for war service. He been recognised by numerous honours; 72 Mary’s RC College in Middlesbrough where on 22 January 2012 a few days after his 65th 72 24 joined the Royal Air Force and in 1942, as a Fellowship of the Royal Society, Fellow- 73 his interest in projective geometry was birthday. 73 25 Signals radar officer with the rank of Flight ship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and 74 ignited by his mathematics teacher Fred 74 26 Lieutenant, led a research unit of about 100 Honorary DSc of the University of Strath- 75 Jackson. reviews 75 27 people engaged in designing and commis- clyde. He was also elected an Honorary 76 Andrew’s undergraduate and postgradu- 76 28 sioning new equipment for night fighter Fellow of Corpus Christi College Oxford, 77 ate studies were pursued at Queen Elizabeth DO I COUNT? STORIES FROM MATHEMATICS 77 29 operations. In recognition of his abilities recipient of the Naylor Prize and Lecture- 78 College in London from 1966 to 1972. There by Günter M. Ziegler, CRC Press, 2013, pp 78 30 Douglas was ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ in ship in Applied Mathematics of the London 79 he was inspired by Dr Otto Wagner. Working 226 pp, £18.99, ISBN: 978-1-4665-6491-6. 79 31 1943 and awarded an MBE in 1945. In the Mathematical Society, the Marconi prize 80 alone for several years Andrew eventu- It seems to me that in recent years there 80 32 same year he returned to Oxford graduat- of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, the 81 ally produced a doctoral thesis entitled has been a marked 81 33 ing MA in 1947. van der Pol Gold Medal of the International 82 Finite Groups and Associated Mathemati- growth in the 82 34 Following a year as a Commonwealth Union of Radio Science and the Keith Prize 83 cal Spaces in which he solved a challeng- number of popular 83 35 Fellow at MIT, Douglas was appointed to of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 84 ing problem first proposed by Wagner in mathematics books 84 36 an assistant lectureship at Manchester Uni- Douglas was a tireless champion and 85 1961, later associated with a conjecture of aimed at enlight- 85 37 versity rising to Senior Lecturer in 1955. It campaigner for the promotion of math- 86 Marshall Hall. Andrew was awarded his PhD ening the general 86 38 was during this period that Douglas made ematics and that of the professional math- 87 and elected a member of the London Math- reader as to what 87 39 fundamental contributions to diffraction ematician. He was chairman of the UGC 88 ematical Society in 1979. Unfortunately, mathematics is and 88 40 theory and demonstrated his phenomenal (now HEFCE) mathematics sub-committee. 89 he was burdened with a chronic debilitat- what mathemati- 89 41 abilities as an analyst. In 1957 he moved to Within the wider community Douglas was a 90 ing illness which had become apparent in cians actually do. Is 90 42 the Chair of Mathematics at the University founding member of the Institute of Math- 91 his early twenties. This interfered with his this because math- 91 43 of Keele where his reputation as a world ematics and its Applications (IMA) served 92 advanced studies and prevented him from ematicians are 92 44 leader was established with the publica- on Council and was appointed President in 93 pursuing an academic career. getting fed up with 93 45 tion of his monumental book The Theory 1988. It was during his Presidency that he 94 Writing in December 1983 Professor the glazed eyes 94 46 of Electromagnetism. In 1965 Douglas was led the negotiations with the Privy Council 95 W.B. Bonnor of Queen Elizabeth College, staring back at them when they answer 95 47 appointed to the Ivory Chair of Applied which resulted in the IMA being incorporat- 96 London, stated that whilst at QEC Andrew the question ‘what do you do?’ or with the 96 48 Mathematics at the University of Dundee, a ed by Royal Charter and then subsequently 97 ‘was a brilliant student, especially on the countless stories of peoples’ inability to 97 49 position he held with great distinction until granted the right to award Chartered Math- 98 pure mathematical side, and his (under- do basic arithmetic? Having recently read 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 other books on this theme by British and nium Problems. 50 THE LOGICIAN AND THE ENGINEER: HOW who published lectures on such topics as 50 2 American mathematicians, I found that this I found the final two chapters particular- 51 GEORGE BOOLE AND CLAUDE SHANNON the correct use of leisure. Shannon was an 51 3 one from a German mathematician only em- ly interesting. In the penultimate chapter 52 CREATED THE INFORMATION AGE by Paul atheist, who loved juggling while riding a 52 4 phasises that this non-understanding of the Ziegler discusses the popular misconception 53 J. Nahin, Princeton University Press, 2012, unicycle along the corridors of Bell Labs; 53 5 nature of mathematics is not just confined that mathematics is done by “old, white- 54 248 pp, £16.95, ISBN 978-0-691-15100-7. he invented ingenious and often eccentric 54 6 to the UK and USA. haired, middle-class men who … lack social 55 At first glance, George Boole and Claude electrical devices, including a maze-solving 55 7 Do I Count? is packed full of thought-pro- skills”; acknowledging that this perception 56 Shannon seem to be an odd pairing for mouse and a calculator based on Roman 56 8 voking stories exploring the concept and is not a great advert for students to go 57 the subject of a book. Boole, the son of numerals, and he made money by applying 57 9 purpose of numbers. Many familiar tales on and study mathematics beyond school. 58 a Lincoln cobbler, was largely self-taught; mathematical techniques to the casinos 58 10 of mathematical discoveries are told, inter- However he gives plenty of examples, both 59 he never attended university, but rose and the stock exchange. He had a brief 59 11 laced with interesting research involving past and present, showing this is not usually 60 through his own ability from a back- first marriage to Norma Levor, who later 60 12 mathematics. As a result the book includes the case. In the final chapter Ziegler ac- 61 ground of humble school-teaching to became the blacklisted Hollywood screen- 61 13 several stories from the history of math- knowledges that mathematics is difficult; 62 a chair at Cork. In 1854 he published An writer Norma Barzman. 62 14 ematics; the presentation of which I doubt making no apology for this, he uses it as 63 investigation into the Laws of Thought, The link between them is Shannon's 63 15 would satisfy historians of mathematics. a challenge to invite the brightest young 64 using the algebraic system MSc dissertation, written 64 16 However, this is not necessarily a problem, minds to pick up the baton and get involved. 65 now named after him to in 1937 at MIT, and often 65 17 as these elements are obviously included A slight concern is that I am not convinced 66 apply symbolic methods called the most important 66 18 to engage the reader and to show how that Do I Count? translates well. This is 67 to logic. The author also masters dissertation ever 67 19 mathematics has been discovered over the not a criticism of author or translator, but 68 of influential textbooks written. In it, drawing on 68 20 centuries rather than as history. merely an observation of cultural differenc- 69 on differential and differ- his experience of working 69 21 Back in 2007 I was particularly struck by es. Ziegler himself says that Germans do not 70 ence equations, and many on Vannevar Bush's differ- 70 28 22 a talk from Judith Grabiner at an event for understand the British sense of humour and 71 research papers, he died ential analyzer (a powerful 71 29 23 the British Society for the History of Math- I wonder if the same can be said the other 72 aged 49, at the height of analogue computer), he 72 24 ematics. She said that whereas science is way around. 73 his powers, from a fever used propositional calculus 73 25 taught from a historical perspective, in I think this book will appeal less to math- 74 induced by lecturing to convert electrical circuit 74 26 that we all know what the likes of Boyle ematicians than to lay people who want 75 in rain-sodden clothes. design from an ad hoc art 75 27 and Hooke discovered and the contribution to read stimulating stories about numbers 76 Shannon had a much more into a systematic science. 76 28 that they made to the subject, in contrast and find out more about what mathemat- 77 favourable start in life. The methods he introduced 77 29 mathematics is presented to learners as a ics really is and what mathematicians do. 78 The son of a businessman soon become fundamental 78 30 set body of knowledge. This means that Personally I was slightly irritated by the 79 and probate judge, and tools in the newly-devel- 79 31 children grow up not realising that math- way the book jumped around. For example 80 of a language teacher, he oping fields of electronics 80 32 ematics has similarly been discovered and the question of how many prime numbers 81 obtained degrees in math- and computer science, so 81 33 was not “always there”, and that therefore there are is raised in the first chapter. This 82 ematics and electrical engineering at the he and Boole can be regarded as founding 82 34 that there is still more mathematics out is followed by the second chapter totally 83 University of Michigan, and a PhD in math- fathers of modern digital communications. 83 35 there waiting to be revealed. devoted to primes. In my mind this chapter 84 ematical genetics at MIT. After war work This book devotes 11 pages each to sum- 84 36 Ziegler seeks to remedy this misconcep- is crying out for the proof that there are 85 on cryptography, in 1948 he published his marizing the life and work of Boole and 85 37 tion. Many historical mathematicians are infinitely many primes but this does not 86 paper A Mathematical Theory of Commu- Shannon. There is little hint of engage- 86 38 mentioned such as Euler, Gauss, Fermat, come until much later—in chapter seven, a 87 nication. This masterpiece of originality ment with primary sources, and for a 87 39 Germain, Gödel and Hardy as well as con- chapter devoted to proofs. 88 and exposition essentially created Infor- more comprehensive discussion of Boole, 88 40 temporary mathematicians such as Wiles, Having said that I do not think this this is 89 mation Theory, providing a mathemati- Des McHale's biography is recommended. 89 41 Perelman and Tao. Alongside the history something that the general reader is likely 90 cal framework for the codes which allow There seems to be no full biography of 90 42 there are examples of mathematical to be concerned about. Far more interest- 91 communication systems and computers to Shannon, though his collected papers, 91 43 problems that have recently been solved ing to them will be the commentary on 92 transmit and store information efficiently edited by Sloane and Wyner, contain a 92 44 and others that are currently being worked recent newspaper stories such as whether 93 and accurately. Shannon lived to the age useful brief biography, profile and bibliog- 93 45 on. This all gives the reader an insight into bees and chickens can count, popular math- 94 of 84, but his last years were clouded by raphy. 94 46 the variety of mathematics that there is out ematics puzzles and the problems of putting 95 Alzheimer's disease. Nahin has a lively and forthright style, 95 47 there. Much of this is explained in a chapter real-life situations into equations. 96 Boole and Shannon were very different though this sometimes strays into tetchi- 96 48 on puzzles which starts with Sudoku and Noel-Ann Bradshaw 97 characters. Boole was high-minded but ness, for instance with a gratuitous sneer 97 49 ends with a discussion on the seven Millen- University of Greenwich 98 unworldly, a deeply religious Unitarian at the late Steve Jobs. The footnotes which 98 LMSLMS NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk [email protected] No. 433 February 2014

1 end each chapter often contain interesting treatment of channel capacity, a funda- 50 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14–17 LMS Invited Lecturer 2014, Univer- 50 2 and useful digressions, though there is a mental concept which measures the extent 51 sity of East Anglia (433) 51 3 tendency to rely too often on reminiscenc- to which a channel can transmit informa- 52 This calendar lists Society meetings and oth- 23–25 Probability, Analysis and Dynamics, 52 4 es from the author's career and references tion accurately. He defines it for a noiseless 53 er mathematical events. Further informa- Bristol (433) 53 5 to his other books. channel, in which symbols are transmit- 54 tion may be obtained from the appropriate 23–25 Young Functional Analysts’ Work- 54 6 The background required to read this ted without error, as the limit of a certain 55 LMS Newsletter whose number is given in shop, Lancaster University (433) 55 7 book is ‘high school algebra’, including sequence; however, he then discusses the 56 brackets. A fuller list is given on the Socie- 25 Women in Mathematics Day, London 56 8 matrix multiplication, together with importance of channel capacity in the 57 57 ty’s website (www.lms.ac.uk/content/calen- (433) 9 some basic circuit theory outlined in an context of Shannon's Theorem for a noisy 58 58 dar). Please send updates and corrections to 28–30 BAMC 2014, Cardiff University (433) 10 appendix. Nahim adopts the interest- channel, where transmission errors can 59 59 [email protected]. 28–1 May Probability and Statistics Re- 11 ing strategy of summarising a paper by occur and a totally different definition, 60 search Students Conference, Nottingham 60 12 Shannon and Hagelbarger on the concavity involving conditional entropy functions 61 (431) 61 13 of resistance functions in Chapter 1, as a and mutual information, is required. There 62 FEBRUARY 2014 62 14 test of the reader's ability to cope with the is no explanation for this simplification, 63 6–7 London Stringology Days and London 63 15 rest of the book. 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