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October 2007 THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER No. 363 October 2007 Forthcoming THE BY-LAWS A separate form for suggest- Proposed Changes ing names to the Nominating Society Committee for potential candi- Meetings Council in June considered a dates for the 2007 elections is series of amendments to the By- also included. In addition mem- 2007 Laws. These had been prepared bers will be invited to make Wednesday to take forward several recent nominations direct in the April 24 October resolutions of Council and to Newsletter next year. Northern Regional make other adjustments to suit Meeting, Sheffield Charity Commission guidelines, ANNUAL GENERAL L. Breen along with clarification and tidy- A. Cattaneo ing of other areas. A paper is MEETING [page 4] included with this Newsletter The Annual General Meeting 1 laying out the nature of the of the Society will be held at Friday 23 November changes and the reasons for 3.15 pm on Friday 23 November AGM, London them. These changes to the By- 2007 at the Chemistry M. Struwe laws will be proposed at the Auditorium, University College J.F. Toland Annual General Meeting on 23 London, 20 Gordon Street, Presidential Address November 2007. London. The business shall be: [page 5] Peter Cooper (i) elections to Council and Executive Secretary Nominating Committee; 2008 (ii) the adoption of the Annual Friday 8 February Report for 2006-07; Mary Cartwright LMS 2007 (iii) the report of the Treasurer; Lecture, Oxford ELECTIONS (iv) appointment of Auditors; Monday 31 March AND OFFICERS (v) presentation of certificates Northern Regional to Prize winners; Meeting, Manchester The ballot papers for the (vi) proposals for changes to November elections to Council the By-Laws (see above). Monday 9 June and Nominating Committee are I hope that as many members Midlands Regional being circulated with this copy of as possible will be able to attend. Meeting, Birmingham the Newsletter. Ten candidates for Peter Cooper Members-at-Large of Council Executive Secretary Friday 4 July were proposed by the Nominat- London ing Committee for six vacancies. ANNUAL DINNER Monday 15 The current President- September Designate, Brian Davies, is nom- The Annual Dinner will be held SW & South Wales inated as the next President. after the Annual General Regional Meeting Please note that completed Meeting at 7.30 pm on Friday Swansea ballot papers must be returned 23 November at The Hotel by Thursday 15 November 2007. Russell, London WC1. The cost is THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER No. 363 October 2007 £42.00 per person and members may book ‘brokering’ partnerships, and helping the The EPSRC hopes this will strengthen links As this work progresses, members are invit- places for guests. The booking form, successful partnerships to operate successful- with the students it sponsors and enable it to ed to send views directly to the NSI group and enclosed with this Newsletter, should be ly. The person would be expected to work for conduct a long-term evaluation of how its can be assured that all comments received returned together with payment to the about 1 day per week, on average. students have developed their careers beyond will be brought to the attention of the group London Mathematical Society office by If any readers know of someone who may their first destinations. The LMS and EPSRC at its next meeting. Although the NSI group Monday 19 November. be interested, or would wish to do the work will also benefit from closer collaboration. does not guarantee to reply to all messages it themselves, they should contact Peter Cooper, Further details of the scheme are available may on occasion choose to do so. The email PART-TIME FACILITATOR the Executive Secretary, at the Society in the on the EPSRC website (www.epsrc.ac.uk). The address to use is [email protected]. first instance ([email protected]). membership application form for the Society FOR AFRICAN MENTORING has an additional section to obtain the infor- ICRA AWARD SCHEMES EPSRC-FUNDED STUDENTS mation required. Email [email protected] for an application form or download one The series of International Conferences on As readers will have seen, the Society is AND LMS MEMBERSHIP from the LMS website (www.lms.ac.uk/contact/ Representations of Algebras (ICRA) was involved in establishing pilot projects to sup- The LMS is one of several learned societies membership.html). established in 1974 to exchange the latest port mathematics and its teaching in sub- that are taking part in a scheme with EPSRC Members are encouraged to make results in the rapidly developing field of Saharan Africa. The Society, ICMS, IMU and to offer ‘free’ membership to EPSRC-funded their students aware of, and sign up for Representations of Finite-Dimensional the African Mathematics Millennium Science students. Under this scheme EPSRC will meet this scheme. Algebras. From the outset a major focus has Initiative (AMMSI) have received grants from the costs of students’ subscriptions (but not been to bring together leading and well- 2 the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme journals) for up to five years. IMA-LMS NEXT established experts with young researchers 3 Trust for this purpose. The project is designed Students will benefit from free member- who are just starting out, and to profit great- to counter the mathematics ‘brain-drain’ ship of the Society and consequently enjoy STEPS INITIATIVE ly from the possibilities of exchange, and from sub-Saharan Africa by supporting qual- access to a range of services that will benefit The most recent meeting of the Next Steps from associated workshops where recent ified mathematics professionals in situ. their further professional development. In Initiative Joint Planning Group, that is con- advances are presented in detail. The Society is seeking a part-time particular, participation in events (confer- sidering the formation of a new single math- At ICRA XI in Patzcuaro, Mexico 2004, the Facilitator to work on the operation of the ences, networks, etc) and keeping more ematics society, was held on 6 July 2007. The Scientific Advisory Committee decided to scheme, offering advice and assistance to closely in touch with activities in the mathe- meeting reviewed all the work currently establish an ICRA Award, to be awarded at potential applicants in the UK and Africa, matics community. under development (Vision and Mission; each session of ICRA for outstanding work by Public Benefit; Research; Constitution; young mathematicians in the field of Membership) and agreed that work on the Representations of Finite Dimensional final three themes would be started – Algebras. LMS Newsletter Journals, Finance and Administration. It is At ICRA XII in Torun,é Poland 2007, the inau- General Editor: Dr D.R.J. Chillingworth ([email protected]) hoped that a Model for Implementation for a gural ICRA Award has been awarded to Reports Editor: Dr S.A. Huggett ([email protected]) New Society should be ready for considera- Osamu Iyama (Nagoya University, Japan), for Reviews Editor: Mr A.J.S. Mann ([email protected]) tion by Councils in the spring of next year. his original and influential work on develop- Administrative Editor: Miss S.M. Oakes ([email protected]) The work has been steady and many contrib- ing a ‘higher’ theory for almost split Editorial office address: London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, utors are hard-pressed to find time in their sequences and Auslander correspondence, London WC1B 4HS (tel: 020 7637 3686; fax: 020 7323 3655; email: [email protected], web: www.lms.ac.uk) busy schedules to contribute comprehensive- and his subsequent work on Calabi-Yau cate- Designed by CHP Design (tel: 020 7240 0466, email: [email protected], web: www.chpdesign.com) ly to this delicate task. gories, which have strong connections with Publication dates and deadlines: published monthly, except August. the cluster algebras of Fomin-Zelevinsky. The Items and advertisements by first day of the month prior to publication. Comments sought chairman of the Scientific Advisory Information in the Newsletter is free to be used elsewhere unless otherwise stated; attribution is As described above, the NSI group is Committee and of the Selection Committee requested when reproducing whole articles. The LMS cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of developing a model that if implemented was Professor Andrzej Skowronski.é information in the Newsletter. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the views or policy would lead to the replacement of both the The next ICRA conference and workshop of the London Mathematical Society. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications are planned to be held at the University of Charity registration number: 252660. and the London Mathematical Society by a São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil from 30 July – new society. 8 August 2008. THE LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER No. 363 October 2007 LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NORTHERN REGIONAL MEETING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Hicks Lecture Theatre 7, University of Sheffield Friday 23 November 2007 Wednesday 24 October 2007 3.15 – 3.30 Annual General Meeting (see details on page 1) 2.30 Opening of the meeting 3.30 – 4.30 Professor M. Struwe (Zürich) Fröhlich Lecture Larry Breen (University of Paris, XIII) 4.30 – 5.00 Tea 4 Differential forms: an intrinsic perspective 5 5.00 – 6.00 Professor J.F. Toland (Bath) 3.45 Tea Presidential Address 4.30 Alberto Cattaneo (University of Zürich) The Poisson sigma model The meeting will be held in the Chemistry Auditorium, 7.00 Dinner in the Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell Christopher Ingold Building, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1. Please note early start. There are limited funds available to contribute in part to For further details or to reserve a place at the dinner, which costs the expenses of members of the Society or research students £28.50 including wine, email [email protected].
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