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NEWSLETTER No NEWSLETTER No. 444 February 2015 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LMS FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SOCIETY MEETINGS AND EVENTS • Friday 27 February: Mary Cartwright Lecture, at BMC-BAMC Joint Meeting, Cambridge page 27 London page 26 • Tuesday 7 April: Northern Regional Meeting, Lancaster • 16-20 March: LMS Invited Lectures, page 9 Michael Shapiro (MSU), Durham page 5 • 14-17 April: Women in Maths Event, Oxford • Wednesday 1 April: LMS 150th Anniversary Celebration Day page 10 NEWSLETTER ONLINE: newsletter.lms.ac.uk/ @LondMathSoc LMS NEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk Contents No. 444 February 2015 18 11 150th Anniversary Events Computational Complex Analysis..................28 Anniversary Congratulations Messages.......4 Geometric Group Theory Day.......................29 Anniversary Celebrations events..................7 Heidelberg Laureate Forum........................23 Anniversary Celebration Day at BMC- INI Random and Other Ergodic Processes....37 BAMC 2015...................................................27 MAFELAP 2016...............................................29 Early Day Motion and launch Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference....29 event photographs.......................................1 Relations Between Banach Space Theory.....29 2 LMS 150th Anniversary launch event...........3 Voltaire and the Newtonian Revolution.......30 Awards Water Waves and Floating Bodies................28 Mathematicians Honoured in New Year’s Obituaries List...............................................................6 Grattan-Guinness, Ivor...................................32 New Zealand Mathematical Society............15 Stedall, Jacqueline.........................................34 Calendar of Events 39 Wheeler, Roger...............................................33 LMS Items Records of Proceedings David Crighton Medal 2015 – Call for LMS South West & South Wales Regional nominations.................................................22 Meeting 2014................................................17 LMS-EPSRC Durham Research Symposia......11 Reports LMS-CMI Research Schools - Call for Brunel-Bielefeld Workshop...........................24 proposals 2016.............................................12 LMS South West & South Wales Regional Honorary Members 2015...............................9 18 Research Workshops......................................5 Meeting 2014............................................... Spitalfields Day - Call for proposals................12 Reviews LMS Meetings Enlightening Symbols....................................36 Invited Lecturer 2015....................................5 The Improbability Principle...........................38 LMS-CMI Research School in Regularity The New York Times Book of and Analytic Methods in Combinatorics....13 Mathematics................................................35 LMS-Gresham College Joint Lecture.............31 The Theory of Everything..............................34 Mary Cartwright Lecture 2015....................26 Scholarship and Funding Northern Regional Meeting.........................9 Cecil King Travel Scholarship........................22 Women in Maths Event................................. 10 Heidelberg Laureate Forum – LMS travel News grants..........................................................23 European News..............................................16 Poincaré Chair................................................20 Mathematics Policy Round-up...................... 8 Postdoctoral Mobility Grants........................21 Meetings Visit Complex Dynamics.........................................30 Liflyand, Elijah................................................28 [email protected] No. 444 February 2015 LMS 150TH ANNIVERSARY LAUNCH EVENT en past presidents of Tthe LMS joined over 300 other guests at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London for the launch of the LMS 150th Anniversary on Friday 16 January. The event was live-streamed with schools across the UK invited to join in remotely. The launch began with a warm welcome from the current LMS President, Professor Terry Lyons, including a message of Pi as well as Dr Who and Sherlock. of congratulations from MPs in the House of Professor Andrew Blake talked about the Commons. Maggie Philbin, presenter of To- role mathematics plays in machine learning morrow’s World and Bang Goes the Theory, for human motion capture, particularly in linked each section of the programme, which Kinect for Xbox. Professor Robert Calde- was entitled Mathematics: Unlocking Worlds. rbank’s presentation looked at how the Steve Thompson, a writer for Dr Who and discovery of quaternions made many years 3 Sherlock described how he uses mathemat- ago has been used to link mobile phones to ics to develop story lines. In his presentation, masts and proceedings were concluded with Creativity, Curiosity and Discovery, Professor a history of the LMS and Women in Math- Nigel Hitchin asked many interesting ematics from Professor Dame Frances Kirwan. questions including 'what mathematics really Further write-ups on the launch will appear is, a discovery or an invention', while Robert in the next edition of the Newsletter. In the Pieké and James Reid gave the audience a meantime readers can view the webcast of visual feast in presenting the mathematics the event at www.lms.citizenscape.net/core/ behind visual effects in films such as the Life portal/150-anniversary. Photographs on the front page are from the 150th launch event. They show (clockwise, from top left): LMS President, Professor Terry Lyons, FRS; the reception; the 150th LMS birthday cake; Professor Dame Frances Kirwan, FRS; the audience; Presenter Maggie Philbin. The central image is of the supporting motion for the event from the House of Commons. Editorial team Publication dates and deadlines http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk Editorial office General Editor Published monthly, except August. Items and advertise- London Mathematical Society, Mr A.J.S. Mann ments by the first day of the month prior to publication, De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell ([email protected]) or the closest preceding working day. Notices and adver- Square, London WC1B 4HS tisements are not accepted for events that occur in the (t: 020 7637 3686; Reviews Editor first week of the publication month. Professor D. Singerman f: 020 7323 3655) News items and notices in the Newsletter may be freely ([email protected]) Events calendar used elsewhere unless otherwise stated, although attribu- tion is requested when reproducing whole articles. Contri- Updates and corrections to Administrative Editor butions to the Newsletter are made under a non-exclusive [email protected] S.M. 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LMS NEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk LMS 150TH ANNIVERSARY Messages of congratulations We were very grateful to receive a number congratulating us on the 150th anniversary of messages from societies around the world and launch event, held on 16 January 2015. 4 Certificate from the American Mathematical Society REAL SOCIEDAD MATEMÁTICA ESPAÑOLA INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY On behalf of RSME let me transmit to our We, at the IMS, celebrate this LAUNCH of deepest congratulations to LMS, and to 150th anniversary of the LMS and join LMS President Professor Terry Lyons, for the cel- whole heartily in these celebrations. ebration of the 150th Anniversary of its birth. Pray accept our congratulations and Our society member Jose Antonio Carrillo greetings! is our contact person in London and he will We plan to prepare a write up on LMS and represent RSME in the coming events, in par- put it on IMS website. We shall also notify ticular in today's Jan 16th Launch. IMS members about LMS's 150th Anniversary It is very impressive. In fact, RSME is only through our Newsletters. 104 years old; we still keep the record of our Incidentally I am to inform you that IMS celebration www.rsme.es/centenario/index_i. itself is 107 years old. html. With warmth and greetings, With our best wishes for LMS and members N K Thakare, for 2015, we keep in contact. General Secretary, Indian Mathematical Society Antonio Campillo President of RSME ROYAL DUTCH MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Let me take the opportunity to congratulate CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY you on this occasion and wish you a success- Congratulations and best wishes on your ful year! upcoming anniversary! Sincerely yours, Johan Rudnick Geurt Jongbloed Director, CMS President of the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society [email protected] No. 444 February 2015 LMS RESEARCH WORKSHOPS 2015 LMS Research Workshops 2015 be significant. In 2015 the LMS Research Meetings Committee Applications should be made via email to the will support two research workshops: Chair of the Research Meetings Committee, • Hopf-Galois Theory and Galois Module Struc- Professor Beatrice Pelloni (RMC.Chair@lms. ture, University of Exeter; 23-26 June 2015 ac.uk), at any time. There is no application form. • Quantum Groups and Quantum Information Proposals in PDF or Word format should contain: Theory, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex;
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