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NEWSLETTER No. 456 March 2016 LMS 150TH ANNIVERSARY CLOSING RECEPTION Following an extraordinary 12 months of an- Both artists talked in depth about the work niversary celebrations, the Society’s 150th they had produced for the 150th Anniversary. year ended on 15 January 2016 with a closing Mark Francis, a painter and sculptor, said he reception at De Morgan House for past and had, "furthered his interest in graphic inter- current officers. pretations by exploring the visual representa- The Officers Reception opened with a tion of mathematics." The Artist Associates welcome from the President of the London Scheme, he said, "provided a unique oppor- Mathematical Society, Simon Tavaré FRS, who tunity to enter into dialogue with geometers thanked all the guests for the contributions and others to enhance his burgeoning interest they'd made to the LMS over the years. The and research with abstract dimensions of guests ranged from Past Presidents, General mathematics." Secretaries, Treasurers, Secretaries and other Mark Francis went on to allude to a new Members of Council, whose dedication and direction in his work, particularly with regard hard work deserved recognition for helping to his painting, which had been spurred on to steer the Society to its 150th year and by his ongoing conversations with mathema- ensure its longevity into the future. ticians Dr Iain Moffatt and Dr Dorothy Buck, The President's welcome was followed who'd given their time generously on behalf by talks from the Society's 2015 Associate of the Society to enter into creative conversa- Artists, Mark Francis and George Legendre. tion with the artist. Their conversations, the LMS President Simon Tavaré with Associate Artists Mark Francis Heidi Morstang, Martin Hyland, Simon Tavaré and George Legendre SOCIETY MEETINGS AND EVENTS • 21 March: Society Meeting at the BMC, Bristol page 23 • 8 July: Society Meeting, London • 21–25 March: LMS Invited Lectures, Loughborough page 22 • 21 July: Society Meeting at the 7ECM, Berlin • 20 April: Hirst Lecture & Society Meeting, St Andrews page 18 • 11 November: Graduate Student Meeting, London • 23 June: Northern Regional Meeting, Manchester • 11 November: Annual General Meeting, London • 8 July: Graduate Student Meeting, London • 20 December: South West & South Wales Regional Meeting, Bath NEWSLETTER ONLINE: newsletter.lms.ac.uk @LondMathSoc LMS NEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk Contents No. 456 March 2016 6 12 150th Anniversary Events Clay Research Conference and Closing Reception....................................1 Workshops............................................28 Thinking Space.........................................6 Peter Sarnak, Distinguished Lecture Series.....................................................25 Awards 2 General Relativity INI Workshop............38 Cecil King Travel Scholarship...................11 Mathematics Emerging...........................31 Postdoctoral Mobility Grants 2016-17....10 New Trends in Nonlinear PDEs..............29 Women in Science Fellowships...............13 North British Functional Analysis Calendar of Events 38 Seminar...............................................29 Spatially Distributed INI Workshop........37 LMS Items Young Applied Analysts in the UK..........30 Annual Elections to LMS Council...........4 BJPT Editorial Advisory Board Meeting...5 News Outcomes from the Special Mathematics Policy Round-up................8 General Meeting...................................4 Mathematical Sciences: Driving the Plücker Collection....................................20 UK Economy..........................................15 PROMYS Europe 2016.............................9 LMS Meetings Sir Christopher Zeeman...........................8 BMC 2016 – Society Meeting ..................23 The Sublime Symmetry Exhibition..........12 David Crighton Lecture...........................24 Records of Proceedings Hirst Lecture.............................................18 Invited Lectures 2016..............................22 LMS-EdMS meeting.................................17 LMS Gresham College Lecture...............19 LMS, IoP, RAS meeting.............................16 Women in Maths Days............................14 Reviews Meetings Birds and Frogs........................................32 7ECM at a Glance.....................................27 Lipman Bers.............................................34 BAMC 2016...............................................30 Oxford Figures.........................................33 Advances in Numerical and Analytic Visits Approaches: INI Workshop....................30 Fehér, László.............................................26 Algebraic Combinatorics and Group Lau, Anthony To-Ming.............................26 Actions...................................................28 Scott, Dana...............................................26 British Algebraic Geometry..................... 29 Sossinsky, Alexei.......................................26 [email protected] No. 456 March 2016 Society is pleased to report, will continue Vogtmann, and presents each in an un- for the foreseeable future and inform familiar context such as walking through the next phase of Francis' work. George the woods (Series), sitting and writing in Legendre, a London-based architect and a coffee shop (Thomas) and even ruminat- sculptor, later spoke about his personal ing in the bath (Buzzard). experience of the Scheme and expressed Following her talk and introduction, similar thanks to the Society for its the Society's guests were then invited support. Legendre produced a series of to watch a screening of Thinking Space, intricate sculptures during the Anniver- which premiered at the LMS/Science sary, titled 30 Pieces. He described them Museum Mathematics Festival 'What's collectively as "an installation combining Your Angle: Uncovering Maths' back in the power of mathematical notation, December 2015. diagramming and numerically-aided The documentary was well received and fabrication." "In honour of the 150th a number of guests commented on the Anniversary of the LMS" he followed, originality of the videography and content, "the collection of 30 sets teases the saying it was rare that such prominent relationship between mathematical mathematicians and such complex math- formulae, drawing and physical model, ematics are documented so clearly and pitching the familiarity of the everyday creatively. against the uncanniness of the mathemat- A wine reception followed the talks ical." and the documentary screening, which Following the artists' talks, Heidi allowed the Officers a chance to speak 3 Morstang, an artist and film director, to the artists and to raise a glass to the then gave a talk about her documentary continued health of the Society. Over 60 Thinking Space, which was commissioned guests attended and enjoyed happy remi- by the Society as part of its 150th An- niscences over many years with their col- niversary. The documentary comprises leagues, making the Reception a fitting a number of insightful interviews with end to what has been a hugely successful prominent mathematicians: Kevin Buzzard, and memorable year. Peter Donnelly, Tim Gowers, Martin Hairer, Jesse Garrick Roger Penrose, Caroline Series, Richard LMS Anniversary Communications Thomas, Reidun Twarock and Karen Assistant Editorial team Publication dates and deadlines http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk Editorial office General Editor Published monthly, except August. Items and adver- London Mathematical Society, Mr A.J.S. Mann tisements by the first day of the month prior to publi- De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell ([email protected]) cation, or the closest preceding working day. Notices Square, London WC1B 4HS and advertisements are not accepted for events that Reports Editor occur in the first week of the publication month. (t: 020 7637 3686; Professor I. A. 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LMS Items LMS NEWSLETTER http://newsletter.lms.ac.uk OUTCOMES FROM THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING At the Special General Meeting held on and one abstention. Friday 5 February 2016, the motion put The President invites suggestions for how before the membership was: the Society might best support the disci- Instruct the Council to continue publica- pline around the interface between math- tion of the LMS Journal of Computation ematics and computation, in the light of and Mathematics as a charitable activity, these decisions. Such proposals should be thus reversing the Council’s decision to sent to the President at President@lms. close down the Journal. ac.uk. The motion was not carried. Votes were Fiona Nixon 158