September 2011

LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER No. 406 September 2011

Society LMS COUNCIL DIARY Publisher, warned us of the serious risk of complete collapse of pub- Meetings 1 July 2011 lications income in the next few and Events A personal view years if Government-mandated open access policies have the im- 2011 The Council Meeting on 1 July pact that many in publishing fear Saturday preceded the Society Meeting at they will. Of course, LMS Trustees 17 September which Robert McCann and Cédric feel only too keenly the conflict De Morgan House Villani spoke, and thus we were un- of interest between the LMS mak- Open Day, London der even more time pressure than ing money from publications to Thursday usual. Nevertheless, by imposing a plough back into mathematics, 29 September tight discipline on discussion, and and our own institutions wanting LMS Popular Lecture, on the length of our lunch-break, to reduce library budgets. Birmingham [page 17] the President, Angus Macintyre, As usual, we spent a lot of time Friday 7 and steered us through the full agenda. discussing external relations, be- Saturday 8 October The first substantial item was set- ginning with an update on the SW & South Wales ting the budget for 2011–12, and National Curriculum Review. John Regional Meeting, planning figures for 2012–14. This Greenlees (Vice-President) had Exeter [page 5] is too important to be rushed, so attended the speech by Michael the Treasurer, Brian Stewart, took Gove, Secretary of State for Edu- Tuesday 11 October us through the figures in some cation, at The Royal Society on Computer Science Day, detail to enable us to approve the 29 June, and reported back some London budget with full knowledge of of the relevant headlines, such as Friday 18 November what we were doing. The point ‘mathematics to 18’ and ‘calculus Annual General was well made that if we approve for everyone’. He also reported Meeting, London a certain item of expenditure then on preparations by the math- ipso facto we approve the activity ematics subpanel for the REF, 2012 which this pays for, and therefore including input from the LMS careful scrutiny is essential. As far blog. Guidance on submissions 26–30 March LMS Invited Lectures, as this year’s income and expendi- will have been published by the Glasgow [page 2] ture is concerned, there is likely time this Newsletter appears, as to be a significant underspend will a consultation on subpanel on grants, not because the Pro- working methods. gramme Committee is being mean, Next came a report from a meet- but because the number of grant ing of the Council for Mathemati- applications has been lower than cal Sciences (CMS) with the EPSRC NEWSLETTER usual. Also, the budget for publica- Mathematical Sciences Strategic tions is conservative, and the actual Advisory Team (SAT). There was ONLINE: figures are likely to be better than a view, strongly expressed in the Go to www.lms.ac.uk/ the estimates. However, later in the International Review of Mathemat- newsletter meeting, Susan Hezlet, the LMS ics, that our attempts to get the

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind1 1 8/30/2011 4:12:34 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

opinions of mathematicians across to EPSRC have HONORARY MEMBERSHIP not been very successful in recent years. The report of this meeting did not encourage the view LMS INVITED LECTURER 2011 that this situation has significantly changed. 2012 Some more positive news came in the form The London Mathematical Society has elected of the first-time involvement of mathematics Professor Nancy Kopell, of Boston University, (through the CMS) in a Parliamentary Links Day Professor Alexei Borodin (MIT) USA and Professor Yuri Manin, of Northwest- held on 28 June, and in next year’s National ern University, USA, to Honorary Membership Science and Engineering Week Seminar for the 26–30 March 2012 of the Society. Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Glasgow University Professor Nancy Kopell is recognised for In the last few minutes of the meeting, Council her development of methods of dynamical must have decided that writing the Council Di- systems, for applications to diverse important ary is too small a job for one person, and added Professor Borodin will give a series problems concerning the self-organization of the newly invented job of Council Webmaster to of lectures on Determinantal Point physical and biological systems. Of particular my responsibilities. We also approved the Web- Processes and Representation importance is her work on pattern formation site Control Policy which had been drawn up by Theory. in oscillating chemical systems, on the neural the Website Working Group over three meetings networks governing rhythmic motor activi- and a great deal of homework, and noted that For further information email Misha ties in animals, and her ongoing work on the security of the website was likely to be a growing Feigin ([email protected]) or brain dynamics underlying various cognitive issue. This was therefore added to the official visit the website at www.lms.ac.uk/ functions. Risk Register, along with the increased risk to content/2012-lms-invited-lecturer. Professor Yuri Manin, of Northwestern Uni- publications income from open access policies. versity, USA, is recognised for his many distin- Robert Wilson guished contributions to algebraic geometry, non-commutative geometry, number theory, and mathematical physics. LMS Newsletter www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter Full citations for Professor Kopell and Pro- Editorial office: [email protected]; London Mathematical Society, fessor Manin will appear in the LMS Bulletin. De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS (t: 020 7637 3686; f: 020 7323 3655) Events calendar: please send updates and corrections to [email protected] General Editor: Mr A.J.S. Mann ([email protected]) Reports Editor: Dr S.A. Huggett ([email protected]) Reviews Editor: Dr C.M. Roney-Dougal ([email protected]) Administrative Editor: S.M. Oakes ([email protected]) Typeset by the London Mathematical Society at De Morgan House; printed by Holbrooks Printers Ltd. Publication dates and deadlines: published monthly, except August. Items and advertisements by the first day of the month prior to publication, or the closest preceding working day. Notices and advertisements are not accepted for events that occur in the first week of the publication month. Advertising: for rates and guidelines, see www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter/ratecard.html News items and notices in the Newsletter may be freely used elsewhere unless otherwise stated, although attribution is requested when reproducing whole articles. Contributions to the Newsletter are made under a non-exclusive licence; please contact the author or photographer for the rights to reproduce. The LMS cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information in the Newsletter. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the views or policy of the London Mathematical Society. Charity registration number: 252660. Photography BU © Nancy Koppell

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind2 2 8/30/2011 4:12:35 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP ZEEMAN MEDAL LMS INVITED LECTURER 2011 2011 2012 The London Mathematical Society has elected The London Mathematical Society (LMS) and Professor Nancy Kopell, of Boston University, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applica- Professor Alexei Borodin (MIT) USA and Professor Yuri Manin, of Northwest- tions (IMA) are delighted to announce that ern University, USA, to Honorary Membership Professor John Barrow, FRS, Department of 26–30 March 2012 of the Society. Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Glasgow University Professor Nancy Kopell is recognised for University of Cambridge will receive the her development of methods of dynamical Christopher Zeeman Medal for the Promo- systems, for applications to diverse important tion of Mathematics to the Public. Professor Borodin will give a series problems concerning the self-organization of Professor Barrow has made enormous con- of lectures on Determinantal Point physical and biological systems. Of particular tributions to the public understanding of Processes and Representation importance is her work on pattern formation mathematics, particularly in his role as Direc- Theory. in oscillating chemical systems, on the neural tor of the Millennium Mathematics Project networks governing rhythmic motor activi- (MMP) at Cambridge. The MMP has done a For further information email Misha ties in animals, and her ongoing work on the huge amount to develop mathematical inter- Feigin ([email protected]) or brain dynamics underlying various cognitive est and ability among school students with visit the website at www.lms.ac.uk/ functions. activities such as NRICH and the online maga- content/2012-lms-invited-lecturer. Professor Yuri Manin, of Northwestern Uni- zine Plus. versity, USA, is recognised for his many distin- Professor Barrow will give a lecture and will guished contributions to algebraic geometry, receive his award at a ceremony to be held non-commutative geometry, number theory, at The Royal Society on Wednesday 21 March and mathematical physics. 2012. LMS Newsletter www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter Full citations for Professor Kopell and Pro- Editor’s note: Professor Barrow’s photograph appears Editorial office: [email protected]; London Mathematical Society, fessor Manin will appear in the LMS Bulletin. on page 13. De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS (t: 020 7637 3686; f: 020 7323 3655) Events calendar: please send updates and corrections to [email protected] General Editor: Mr A.J.S. Mann ([email protected]) Reports Editor: Dr S.A. Huggett ([email protected]) Reviews Editor: Dr C.M. Roney-Dougal ([email protected]) Administrative Editor: S.M. Oakes ([email protected]) Typeset by the London Mathematical Society at De Morgan House; printed by Holbrooks Printers Ltd. Publication dates and deadlines: published monthly, except August. Items and advertisements by the first day of the month prior to publication, or the closest preceding working day. Notices and advertisements are not accepted for events that occur in the first week of the publication month. Advertising: for rates and guidelines, see www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter/ratecard.html News items and notices in the Newsletter may be freely used elsewhere unless otherwise stated, although attribution is requested when reproducing whole articles. Contributions to the Newsletter are made under a non-exclusive licence; please contact the author or photographer for the rights to reproduce. The LMS cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information in the Newsletter. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the views or policy of the London Mathematical Society. © BU Photography BU © Charity registration number: 252660. Mironov V. Denis © Nancy Koppell Yuri Manin

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind3 3 8/30/2011 4:12:36 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

NORRIE EVERITT

Professor William Norrie Everitt, FRSE, who was elected a member of the LMS on 19 De- cember 1957, died on 17 July 2011, aged 87. Desmond Evans, Tomas Johansson and Lance Littlejohn write: Norrie Everitt will be remembered as a leading British mathematical analyst who contributed extensively to differential equations, linear operators, spectral theory, inequalities and special functions. Norrie was born in Birmingham on 10 June

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind4 4 8/30/2011 4:12:37 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

NORRIE EVERITT 1924. In 1944, he graduated with first class honours in electrical engineering from the Professor William Norrie Everitt, FRSE, who University of Birmingham. While serving in was elected a member of the LMS on 19 De- the UK armed forces, he suffered a fractured cember 1957, died on 17 July 2011, aged 87. spine in 1947; after being told he might nev- Desmond Evans, Tomas Johansson and er walk again, he climbed the Matterhorn at Lance Littlejohn write: Norrie Everitt will be age 25. He entered Oxford (Balliol College) in remembered as a leading British mathemati- 1949 to study mathematics and, in 1955, he cal analyst who contributed extensively to dif- received his DPhil under the supervision of ferential equations, linear operators, spectral E.C. Titchmarsh. theory, inequalities and special functions. Norrie was an eminent authority on the Norrie was born in Birmingham on 10 June spectral theory of differential equations. He

LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SOUTH WEST & SOUTH WALES REGIONAL MEETING

Saturday 8 October 2011 Exeter University

The LMS Regional Meeting is part of a two-day workshop on Iwasawa theory, starting on Friday 7 October. An introductory lecture (intended for a general mathematical audience) will be given by John Coates; there will also be several more specialised talks.

These lectures are aimed at a general mathematical audience. All interested, whether LMS members or not, are most welcome to attend this event.

For further details or to register, email the organisers (Nigel Byott, [email protected] ). More information can be found on the web page http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/mathematics-computer-science/research/pure/events/ workshop/.

There are funds available to contribute in part to the expenses of members of the Society or research students to attend the meeting and workshop. Requests for support, including an estimate of expenses, may be addressed to the organisers.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind5 5 8/30/2011 4:12:37 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

generalized the Hardy, Littlewood, Pólya in- sons Charles (Father Gabriel, OSB) and EMS INVITES equality to yield the HELP inequality (E for Timothy, and two granddaughters, Sophie Everitt), which is intimately connected and Lucy. NEW MEMBERS with spectral theory. Norrie helped set up Norrie was a dear friend who will be great- Please join! With a member- the SLEIGN2 program, a computer code to ly missed by all who knew him. ship of about 3,000 individual calculate eigenvalues of Sturm–Liouville members, 60 national mathematical societies problems. He also edited the translation ANNUAL LMS and 20 research centres, the European Mathe- of Naimark’s Linear Differential Opera- matical Society (EMS) represents mathemati- tors, a book that has had a profound in- SUBSCRIPTION 2011–12 cians throughout Europe. This is more than fluence on western mathematical analysis. Members are reminded that their annual sub- an optimistic statement. It is a real status These are only glimpses of his manifold scription, including payment for publications, achieved thanks to the devoted co-operative contribution. for the period November 2011 – October work of many colleagues, and to the support Norrie began his mathematical career 2012 is due on 1 November 2011. By the sec- of all our members. But in order to increase at the Royal Military College of Science ond week of October Members will be sent the size, the strength and the influence of in Shrivenham (1954–1963). From 1963 to reminders via email or letter, detailing how to our network, we need the involvement of 1982, he was the Baxter Professor of Mathe- pay their subscription. In the case of Members still more people. matics in the Department of Mathematical who already have a Direct Debit set up and The EMS strives to serve all mathemati- Sciences at the University of Dundee, serving do not wish to alter their subscription, no cians in universities, research centres, and twice as Head of the Department (1963–67, action need be taken. other institutions of higher education. Its 1977–80). It was during the Dundee years aims include to promote mathematical re- that he demonstrated his organizational Rates search and education, to foster interaction skills in running the Dundee Conferences The annual subscription to the London Mathe- between mathematicians of different coun- on Differential Equations. matical Society for 2011–12 is: tries, to establish a sense of identity amongst In 1982, Norrie returned home as Mason • Ordinary membership £54.00 European mathematicians, and to represent Chair and Head of the Department of Mathe- • Concessions on Ordinary membership: the mathematical community in European matics at the University of Birmingham. – Reciprocity £27.00 institutions. He remained Head until his retirement in – Career break or part-time working £14.00 The opportunity to contribute towards 1989 and stayed as an honorary Senior Re- • Associate membership £14.00 these objectives is an appealing and con- search Fellow until September 2009. Norrie Members also have the option to pay their vincing reason to collaborate with the EMS. was an excellent mentor during his career; European Mathematical Society subscription Becoming an individual member of the EMS he supervised 13 PhD students and guided via the LMS (£23) and subscribe to the Journal is very easy, and economical! Just a click at many young mathematicians throughout of the EMS (£80). www.euro-math-soc.eu/membership.html, the world. The member prices of the Society’s journals and make a contribution of €23 (if you are a Norrie served on the LMS Council from for 2012 are: member of the LMS, of other EMS member * * 1957 to 1962, was elected a Fellow of the Print Online Print+Online societies, or of societies with a reciprocity Bulletin 57.00 45.00 69.00 Royal Society of Edinburgh (1966), served as £ £ £ agreement). You may also pay through your Journal £105.00 £85.00 £126.00 President of the Edinburgh Mathematical national society. Proceedings £112.00 £90.00 £134.00 In addition to supporting the work of the Society (1970), and as Vice President of the Nonlinearity (except N. America) (N. America) Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1970 to EMS, you will also receive some tangible £75.00 £97.00 1973. In 1978, he was part of the UK delega- JCM (electronic) — free — and concrete benefits. For example, you will tion to the International Mathematical Union (*inclusive of VAT) receive the EMS Newsletter – the quarterly in Helsinki. He made several trips to countries Please note that for online subscriptions it journal of record of the Society – you will behind the Iron Curtain to ensure that the is essential that we have an up-to-date email benefit from a 20% discount on books pub- flow of mathematical ideas continued- be address. lished by the EMS Publishing House, from tween the East and West. Elizabeth Fisher reduced fees for the European Congress of Norrie is survived by his wife, Kit, two Grants and Activities Administrator Mathematics (a large quadrennial scientific

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind6 6 8/30/2011 4:12:37 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

sons Charles (Father Gabriel, OSB) and EMS INVITES congress) and for EMS co-sponsored meet- Timothy, and two granddaughters, Sophie ings, you will have free access to Zentralblatt and Lucy. NEW MEMBERS Math., etc. Norrie was a dear friend who will be great- Please join! With a member- It would be too long to list here the very ly missed by all who knew him. ship of about 3,000 individual many projects, activities and services that members, 60 national mathematical societies the EMS is leading, coordinating and offer- ANNUAL LMS and 20 research centres, the European Mathe- ing. But, I very much hope that this short matical Society (EMS) represents mathemati- note has raised your motivation to become SUBSCRIPTION 2011–12 cians throughout Europe. This is more than an EMS member, and your curiosity to know Members are reminded that their annual sub- an optimistic statement. It is a real status much more about us. Please take a tour scription, including payment for publications, achieved thanks to the devoted co-operative through the webpage of the Society at www. for the period November 2011 – October work of many colleagues, and to the support euro-math-soc.eu and explore our present 2012 is due on 1 November 2011. By the sec- of all our members. But in order to increase and our past. I will be also very pleased to ond week of October Members will be sent the size, the strength and the influence of answer any questions you might have. reminders via email or letter, detailing how to our network, we need the involvement of Marta Sanz-Solé pay their subscription. In the case of Members still more people. EMS President who already have a Direct Debit set up and The EMS strives to serve all mathemati- do not wish to alter their subscription, no cians in universities, research centres, and TIER 2 IMMIGRATION action need be taken. other institutions of higher education. Its aims include to promote mathematical re- RULES Rates search and education, to foster interaction Wellcome Trust Survey The annual subscription to the London Mathe- between mathematicians of different coun- matical Society for 2011–12 is: tries, to establish a sense of identity amongst As part of its advocacy work in the area • Ordinary membership £54.00 European mathematicians, and to represent of science and immigration, the Wellcome • Concessions on Ordinary membership: the mathematical community in European Trust has developed a short survey on or- – Reciprocity £27.00 institutions. ganisations’ experiences with the Resident – Career break or part-time working £14.00 The opportunity to contribute towards Labour Market Test (RLMT). Employers are • Associate membership £14.00 these objectives is an appealing and con- usually required to complete a RLMT before Members also have the option to pay their vincing reason to collaborate with the EMS. sponsoring a non-EEA employee through European Mathematical Society subscription Becoming an individual member of the EMS Tier 2 of the points-based immigration via the LMS (£23) and subscribe to the Journal is very easy, and economical! Just a click at system. of the EMS (£80). www.euro-math-soc.eu/membership.html, The findings of the survey will be used to The member prices of the Society’s journals and make a contribution of €23 (if you are a consider whether there are any alternatives for 2012 are: member of the LMS, of other EMS member to the current RLMT requirement to adver- * * Print Online Print+Online societies, or of societies with a reciprocity tise for four weeks in the JobCentrePlus, Bulletin 57.00 45.00 69.00 £ £ £ agreement). You may also pay through your that would be more suitable for organisa- Journal £105.00 £85.00 £126.00 national society. tions recruiting non-EEA researchers. Proceedings £112.00 £90.00 £134.00 In addition to supporting the work of the Nonlinearity (except N. America) (N. America) The Wellcome Trust would like to hear EMS, you will also receive some tangible from organisations that directly employ £75.00 £97.00 JCM (electronic) — free — and concrete benefits. For example, you will PhD-level research staff, and who would (*inclusive of VAT) receive the EMS Newsletter – the quarterly be interested in participating in this survey. Please note that for online subscriptions it journal of record of the Society – you will In most cases a Human Resources Manager is essential that we have an up-to-date email benefit from a 20% discount on books pub- would be the most appropriate person to address. lished by the EMS Publishing House, from complete the survey. Please contact Annie Elizabeth Fisher reduced fees for the European Congress of Colgan for further information (a.colgan@ Grants and Activities Administrator Mathematics (a large quadrennial scientific wellcome.ac.uk).

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind7 7 8/30/2011 4:12:37 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

LMS GRANT SCHEMES Science either by the grant holder to another and will not usually exceed one third of the institution within the UK or abroad, or by a previous year’s grant. Next Closing Date for Applications: named mathematician from within the UK 15 September 2011 or abroad to the home base of the grant Childcare Grants Applications are invited for the following grants: holder. The next deadline for applications is The Society believes that all parents work- • Conferences and postgraduate research 15 September 2011 – please see the website ing in mathematics should be able to at- conferences held in the UK (Schemes 1 for further details: www.lms.ac.uk/content/ tend conferences and research meetings and 8) computer-science-small-grants-scheme-7. without being hindered by childcare costs. • Celebrating new appointments (Scheme 1) Institutions are expected to make provision • Visitors to the UK (Scheme 2) Grants News for childcare costs and parents are encour- • Joint Research Groups (Scheme 3 – see below aged to make enquiries. However, where about renewal of Scheme 3 grants) We would like to draw your attention to the this is not available, the Society administers • Research in Pairs (Scheme 4) following: a Childcare Supplementary Grants Scheme. • International short visits with the main Further details can be found on the LMS focus on Africa (Scheme 5) Joint Research Groups – Renewal grants website: www.lms.ac.uk/content/childcare- For full details of these grant schemes, (Scheme 3) supplementary-grants. and to download application forms, visit ALL renewal applications MUST be accom- the LMS website (www.lms.ac.uk/content/ panied by a financial and academic report Young British and Russian research-grants). for the previous year’s activities. Please note Mathematicians Scheme • Applications received by 15 September 2011 that full reports should always be submit- will be considered at a meeting in October. ted (‘light touch’ refers to the application Visits to Russia • Applications should be submitted well in procedure only). Applications are invited from young British advance of the date of the event for which Grant holders wishing to renew their ap- postdoctoral mathematicians who wish to funding is requested. plication may use the Light Touch Applica- spend a few weeks in Russia giving a series of • Normally grants are not made for events tion Form if survey lectures on the work of their school. which have already happened or where the original or last full renewal applica- The LMS is offering grants of up to £500 to insufficient time has been allowed for tion was made in the last TWO years, and meet the travel costs, while the host should processing of the application. NONE of the following have changed: apply to the Russian Academy of Sciences for Queries regarding applications can be ad- • the grant holder, funding towards local expenses for accom- dressed to the Grants Administrators or the • the supporters, and the modation and subsistence. Programme Secretary (see below) who will be • amount requested Applications to the LMS should include the pleased to discuss proposals informally with Grant holders MUST use the Full Renewal following: potential applicants and give advice on the Application Form if 1. A brief academic case for the visit, includ- submission of an application. the original or last full renewal applica- ing a description of your current research • Grants Administrators: Sylvia Daly and tion was made THREE years ago, and/or interests, and an outline of your planned Elizabeth Fisher (tel: 020 7291 9971/3, ANY of the following have changed: work during the visit (no more than one email: [email protected]) who both work • the grant holder, side of A4). Wednesday–Friday. • the supporters or 2. A brief CV (no more than one side of A4). • Programme Secretary: Stephen Huggett • the amount requested 3. A brief budget. (tel: 01752 586869, email: s.huggett@ If a renewal application is unsuccessful, nor- 4. An invitation from the host in Russia, plymouth.ac.uk). mally the grant will be terminated at the end which must state explicitly that your ac- of the calendar year. A supplementary grant commodation and subsistence expenses Computer Science Small Grants (Scheme 7) will be available to cover actual expenditure will be met by them. This should include Funding for grants up to £500 is available to for a meeting held during the autumn term. provisional dates for the visit. support a visit for collaborative research at This will normally be the equivalent of the You will be required to provide financial the interface of Mathematics and Computer grant awarded for one meeting, e.g. £350, and academic reports after the visit.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind8 8 8/30/2011 4:12:38 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

Science either by the grant holder to another and will not usually exceed one third of the In exceptional circumstances, applications institution within the UK or abroad, or by a previous year’s grant. may be considered from strong research stu- named mathematician from within the UK dents who are close to finishing their doctor- or abroad to the home base of the grant Childcare Grants ates. Applications should include a strong case holder. The next deadline for applications is The Society believes that all parents work- and a recommendation from your supervisor. 15 September 2011 – please see the website ing in mathematics should be able to at- for further details: www.lms.ac.uk/content/ tend conferences and research meetings Visits to Britain computer-science-small-grants-scheme-7. without being hindered by childcare costs. Under this Scheme, applications may also be Institutions are expected to make provision made by any mathematician in Britain wishing Grants News for childcare costs and parents are encour- to host a visit by a young Russian postdoctoral aged to make enquiries. However, where mathematician who wishes to spend a few We would like to draw your attention to the this is not available, the Society administers weeks in Britain giving a series of survey lec- following: a Childcare Supplementary Grants Scheme. tures on the work of their Russian seminar. Further details can be found on the LMS The LMS is offering grants to the host insti- Joint Research Groups – Renewal grants website: www.lms.ac.uk/content/childcare- tution to meet the visitor’s actual travel and (Scheme 3) supplementary-grants. accommodation costs of up to £1500. ALL renewal applications MUST be accom- Applications should include the following: panied by a financial and academic report Young British and Russian 1. Name and brief CV of the visitor. for the previous year’s activities. Please note Mathematicians Scheme 2. A brief description of the course of lectures. that full reports should always be submit- 3. A letter or email of agreement from the ted (‘light touch’ refers to the application Visits to Russia head of the host department, including procedure only). Applications are invited from young British the proposed dates of the visit. Grant holders wishing to renew their ap- postdoctoral mathematicians who wish to Financial and academic reports will be re- plication may use the Light Touch Applica- spend a few weeks in Russia giving a series of quired after the visit. tion Form if survey lectures on the work of their school. Further details of the Scheme can be the original or last full renewal applica- The LMS is offering grants of up to £500 to found on the LMS website: www.lms.ac.uk/ tion was made in the last TWO years, and meet the travel costs, while the host should content/international-grants#YBR NONE of the following have changed: apply to the Russian Academy of Sciences for Enquiries should be made to the Grants Ad- • the grant holder, funding towards local expenses for accom- ministrators: Sylvia Daly and Elizabeth Fisher • the supporters, and the modation and subsistence. (tel: 020 7291 9971/3, email: grants@lms. • amount requested Applications to the LMS should include the ac.uk) who both work Wednesday–Friday. Grant holders MUST use the Full Renewal following: Application Form if 1. A brief academic case for the visit, includ- SAMS–AMS CONGRESS 2011 the original or last full renewal applica- ing a description of your current research Travel Bursaries tion was made THREE years ago, and/or interests, and an outline of your planned ANY of the following have changed: work during the visit (no more than one The London Mathematical Society has do- • the grant holder, side of A4). nated funds to support research students in • the supporters or 2. A brief CV (no more than one side of A4). mathematics from Africa (excluding South • the amount requested 3. A brief budget. Africa) to enable them to attend the Joint If a renewal application is unsuccessful, nor- 4. An invitation from the host in Russia, International Congress of the South African mally the grant will be terminated at the end which must state explicitly that your ac- and American Mathematical Societies, which of the calendar year. A supplementary grant commodation and subsistence expenses is taking place from 29 November to 3 Decem- will be available to cover actual expenditure will be met by them. This should include ber 2011 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. For for a meeting held during the autumn term. provisional dates for the visit. more information on the Congress see www. This will normally be the equivalent of the You will be required to provide financial nmmu.ac.za/sams-ams2011 or contact Margot grant awarded for one meeting, e.g. £350, and academic reports after the visit. Collett ([email protected]).

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind9 9 8/30/2011 4:12:38 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

COLLINGWOOD generously provided by Springer-Verlag. The FELIX KLEIN PRIZE Prize will be awarded every four years by the MEMORIAL PRIZE EMS President during the prize ceremony of the The Felix Klein Prize is to be awarded to a The 2011 Collingwood Memorial Prize has European Congress of Mathematics, and will be young scientist or a small group of young sci- been awarded to Iain R.N. Smears, Colling- given for the first time at the 6ECM in Kraków entists (normally under the age of 38) for using wood College, Durham University. The (Poland) in 2012. The recipient will be invited to sophisticated methods to give an outstanding Collingwood Memorial Prize, established present his or her work at the Congress. solution, which meets with the complete satis- in memory of Sir Edward Collingwood FRS, For the purposes of the prize, history of math- faction of industry, to a concrete and difficult President of the Society 1969–70, is awarded ematics is to be understood in a very broad industrial problem. to a final-year mathematics student at the sense. It reaches from the study of mathemat- The award comprises a certificate including University of Durham who intends to con- ics in ancient civilisations to the development the citation and a cash prize of €5,000. The tinue to a higher degree in mathematics at of modern branches of mathematical research, money for the prize fund is offered by the Durham or any other university. and it embraces mathematics wherever it has Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics been studied in the world. In terms of Mathe- in Kaiserslautern. The Prize will be presented ROLLO DAVIDSON PRIZE matics Subject Classification it covers the whole at the 6th European Congress of Mathemat- spectrum of item 01Axx (History of mathematics in Kraków. The recipient will be invited to The Rollo Davidson Prize for 2011 has been ics and mathematicians). Similarly, there are no present his or her work at the Congress. awarded jointly to Dr Christophe Garban geographical restrictions on the origin or place The Prize Committee is responsible for so- 10 (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon) and Pro- of work of the prize recipient. All methodologi- licitation and the evaluation of nominations. fessor Gábor Pete (University of Toronto) for cal approaches to the subject are acceptable. Nominations can be made by anyone, includ- “striking and important new results for pla- The Prize is to be awarded for highly original ing members of the Prize Committee and nar random processes, particularly in estab- and influential work in the field of history of lishing a theory of noise sensitivity for critical mathematics that enhances our understanding percolation and the application of this theory of either the development of mathematics or a to dynamical percolation”. particular mathematical subject in any period The Trust was founded in 1975 in memory and in any geographical region. The prize may of Rollo Davidson, an accomplished mathe- be shared by two or more researchers if the matician of remarkable potential, and Fellow- work justifying it is the fruit of collaboration elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who between them. died on the Piz Bernina in 1970. Initial fund- The right to nominate one or several laure- ing from the Trust came from the royalties ates is open to anyone. Nominations are con- of two collections of papers published in fidential; a nomination should not be made 1973/74 by friends and colleagues of Rollo. known to the nominee(s). Self-nominations are The Trust awards an annual prize for young not acceptable. probabilists and has benefited from the con- Nominations for the prize should be ad- tinuing association with the Davidson family. dressed to the Chairman of the Prize Commit- For further information visit the website at tee, Professor Jeremy Gray (Open University). www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Rollo/index.html. The nomination letter must reach the EMS office at the following address by 31 December OTTO NEUGEBAUER PRIZE 2011: EMS Secretariat, Ms Terhi Hautala, De- partment of Mathematics & Statistics, PO Box The European Mathematical Society (EMS) has 68 (Gustaf Hällströmink. 2b), 00014 University decided to award a prize for work in the history of Helsinki, Finland. It should contain a CV and of mathematics. It is to be named after the dis- a description of the candidate’s work motivat- tinguished historian of mathematics Otto Neu- ing the nomination, together with names of gebauer, and it carries a cash award of €5,000 specialists who may be contacted.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind10 10 8/30/2011 4:12:39 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

generously provided by Springer-Verlag. The FELIX KLEIN PRIZE candidates themselves. It is the responsibility Prize will be awarded every four years by the of the nominator to provide all relevant in- EMS President during the prize ceremony of the The Felix Klein Prize is to be awarded to a formation to the Prize Committee, including European Congress of Mathematics, and will be young scientist or a small group of young sci- a résumé and documentation of the benefit given for the first time at the 6ECM in Kraków entists (normally under the age of 38) for using to industry and the mathematical method (Poland) in 2012. The recipient will be invited to sophisticated methods to give an outstanding used. The nomination for the award must be present his or her work at the Congress. solution, which meets with the complete satis- accompanied by a written justification and a For the purposes of the prize, history of math- faction of industry, to a concrete and difficult citation of about 100 words that can be read ematics is to be understood in a very broad industrial problem. at the award date. The prize is awarded to a sense. It reaches from the study of mathemat- The award comprises a certificate including single person or to a small group and cannot ics in ancient civilisations to the development the citation and a cash prize of €5,000. The be split. of modern branches of mathematical research, money for the prize fund is offered by the Nominations for the prize should be ad- and it embraces mathematics wherever it has Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics dressed to the Chairman of the Prize Com- been studied in the world. In terms of Mathe- in Kaiserslautern. The Prize will be presented mittee, Professor Wil Schilders, Technical matics Subject Classification it covers the whole at the 6th European Congress of Mathemat- University ([email protected]). The nomi- spectrum of item 01Axx (History of mathematics in Kraków. The recipient will be invited to nation letter must reach the EMS office at the ics and mathematicians). Similarly, there are no present his or her work at the Congress. following address by 31 December 2011: EMS geographical restrictions on the origin or place The Prize Committee is responsible for so- Secretariat, Ms Terhi Hautala, Department of of work of the prize recipient. All methodologi- licitation and the evaluation of nominations. Mathematics & Statistics, PO Box 68 (Gustaf 11 cal approaches to the subject are acceptable. Nominations can be made by anyone, includ- Hällströmink. 2b), 00014 University of Helsinki, The Prize is to be awarded for highly original ing members of the Prize Committee and Finland. and influential work in the field of history of mathematics that enhances our understanding of either the development of mathematics or a particular mathematical subject in any period and in any geographical region. The prize may be shared by two or more researchers if the work justifying it is the fruit of collaboration between them. The right to nominate one or several laure- ates is open to anyone. Nominations are con- fidential; a nomination should not be made known to the nominee(s). Self-nominations are not acceptable. Nominations for the prize should be addressed to the Chairman of the Prize Commit- tee, Professor Jeremy Gray (Open University). The nomination letter must reach the EMS office at the following address by 31 December 2011: EMS Secretariat, Ms Terhi Hautala, De- partment of Mathematics & Statistics, PO Box 68 (Gustaf Hällströmink. 2b), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. It should contain a CV and a description of the candidate’s work motivat- ing the nomination, together with names of specialists who may be contacted.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind11 11 8/30/2011 4:12:40 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

FERRAN SUNYER I the year of the award, who has conducted outstanding research in a developing coun- BALAGUER PRIZE try. Researchers working in any branch The prize is awarded for a mathematical of the mathematical sciences are eligible. monograph of an expository nature present- The prize carries a $15,000 cash award and ing the latest developments in an active area travel and subsistence allowance to visit of research in Mathematics, in which the au- ICTP (International Centre for Theoreti- thor has made important contributions. The cal Physics) for a meeting where the prize prize, amounting to €15,000, is provided by winner will be required to deliver a lec- the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Foundation. It is ture. The prize is usually awarded to one named after the disabled Catalan mathema- person, but may be shared equally among tician Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912–1967). recipients who have contributed to the Monographs should preferably be typeset same body of work. in TeX. Authors should send all documents ICTP awards the prize through a selection in digital format, a pdf file of the manu- committee of five eminent mathematicians script to [email protected], and a hard copy of appointed in conjunction with the Inter- the manuscript together with a letter to the national Mathematical Union (IMU). Send Foundation. Submissions should be sent by nominations to [email protected] describing 12 2 December 2011 to: Fundació Ferran Sunyer the work of the nominee in adequate detail. i Balaguer, Carrer del Carme 47, E-08001 Two supporting letters should also be ar- Barcelona, Spain. ranged. The deadline for receipt of nomina- Recent past winners were: tions for the 2011 Prize is 30 October 2011. 2011 Jayce Getz (McGill University) and Full details are available at http://prizes.ictp. Mark Goresky (Princeton): Hilbert it/Ramanujan. Modular Forms with Coefficients in Intersection Homology and Quadratic Base Change CULTURE OF BEING A 2010 Carlo Mantegazza (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa): Lectures Notes on MATHEMATICIAN Mean Curvature Flow Tony Mann (University of Greenwich) and 2009 Tim Browning (Bristol University): Chris Good (University of Birmingham) are Quantitative Arithmetic of Projective working on a project to produce teach- Varieties ing materials on “the culture of being a For further information visit the website at mathematician”. The project is supported http://ffsb.iec.cat/EN/premi.htm. by the Mathematical Sciences HE Cur- riculum Innovation Project as part of the National HE STEM Programme, acting on a RAMANUJAN PRIZE recommendation from the HE Mathematics Curriculum Summit (LMS Newsletter 401, Call for Nominations March 2011, p. 9). We would like to inter- Nominations for the 2011 award of the view a small number of mathematicians on Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians this subject, with a view to making the re- are now sought. sults available as a teaching resource. If you The Prize is awarded annually to a re- might be interested in taking part, please searcher from a developing country less contact Tony Mann ([email protected]) for than 45 years of age on 31 December of more information.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind12 12 8/30/2011 4:12:41 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

the year of the award, who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country. Researchers working in any branch of the mathematical sciences are eligible. The prize carries a $15,000 cash award and travel and subsistence allowance to visit ICTP (International Centre for Theoreti- cal Physics) for a meeting where the prize winner will be required to deliver a lecture. The prize is usually awarded to one person, but may be shared equally among recipients who have contributed to the same body of work. ICTP awards the prize through a selection committee of five eminent mathematicians appointed in conjunction with the Inter- national Mathematical Union (IMU). Send nominations to [email protected] describing the work of the nominee in adequate detail. 13 Two supporting letters should also be ar- ranged. The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2011 Prize is 30 October 2011. Full details are available at http://prizes.ictp. it/Ramanujan.

CULTURE OF BEING A MATHEMATICIAN Tony Mann (University of Greenwich) and Chris Good (University of Birmingham) are working on a project to produce teaching materials on “the culture of being a mathematician”. The project is supported by the Mathematical Sciences HE Cur- riculum Innovation Project as part of the National HE STEM Programme, acting on a recommendation from the HE Mathematics Curriculum Summit (LMS Newsletter 401, March 2011, p. 9). We would like to inter- view a small number of mathematicians on this subject, with a view to making the results available as a teaching resource. If you might be interested in taking part, please contact Tony Mann ([email protected]) for more information.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind13 13 8/30/2011 4:12:41 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

MATHEMATICS POLICY ROUND-UP OFFA announces decisions on 2012–13 access agreements August 2011 sciences and the need to keep mathematical The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has an- fellowships on a general basis at least until nounced that English universities and colleges RESEARCH the shaping agenda has been further devel- charging above £6,000 for their courses plan Shaping Capability: EPSRC’s Research Portfolio oped. Further updates will be available on to boost their spending on access measures 2011 both the LMS and CMS websites. to £602 million a year by 2015–16. Details are EPSRC released a map of its full research port- available at http://tinyurl.com/3ww874f. folio with further information on how it will EPSRC Chief Executive implement the Shaping Capability strand of Professor David Delpy will remain as Chief Ex- The Hughes Report its delivery plan for 2011 onward. Details of ecutive and Deputy Chair of EPSRC for a sec- Simon Hughes MP, the Government Advo- the strategy and approach to shaping capa- ond term. Professor Delpy’s re-appointment is cate for Access to Education, has published bility within research themes, along with for two years and seven months ending on 31 his report on improving access to further and more information about individual research March 2014. higher education. The full report is available areas and diagrams is available at www.epsrc. at http://tinyurl.com/3o2gaxe. ac.uk/ourportfolio/Pages/default.aspx. Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR): Oral The LMS is actively working with its part- evidence More UK first degree graduates entering ner organisations through the Council for the The Science and Technology Select Commit- employment 14 Mathematical Sciences (CMS) to attempt to tee has announced that it will take further The Higher Education Statistics Agency engage with EPSRC on its Shaping Capability evidence from the Research Councils and gov- (HESA) has published Destinations of Leavers agenda and to discuss the serious concerns ernment minister on 14 September 2011. The from Higher Education Institutions 2009/10. raised by the manner in which EPSRC is ap- Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) The publication provides detailed results of proaching this matter. written response is available at www.cms. the Destinations of Leavers from HE survey, ac.uk/reports/2011/CSRfinal.pdf. which asks graduates what they are doing six EPSRC Fellowships months after graduation. When compared EPSRC has announced a new approach to fel- Peer Review report with last year’s statistics, the publication lowships, which it states has arisen following The Science and Technology Select Commit- shows that a higher proportion of gradu- a major review of support for people carried tee published its report on Peer Review in ates entered employment, fewer went into out in 2009 and subsequent discussions with Scientific Publications on Thursday 28 July further study, and a lower proportion were fellows. The EPSRC intends this to be a faster, 2011. More information is available at http:// unemployed. The data are available at http:// more streamlined and flexible process. This tinyurl.com/4yk78m7. tinyurl.com/3svcvuu. was introduced in July 2011 and merges several existing schemes. EPSRC’s financial commit- HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ment to support fellowships is broadly similar to recent years. http://tinyurl.com/3dbgy8h. Higher Education White Paper Vorderman publishes report on mathematics The two major concerns for the LMS are the The government has published its White education withdrawal of an explicit stream for postdoc- Paper on plans to reform higher education Major alterations in mathematics education toral fellowships and the recent EPSRC an- in England – Students at the Heart of the are critical or we risk our future economic nouncement that, for the next year at least, System. Universities Minister, David Willetts, prosperity; and mathematics in some form the only fellowships to be awarded across said: “The Government will reform the financ- should be compulsory until the age of 18. the mathematical sciences will be in statistics ing of higher education, promote a better These are among the key conclusions of an and applied probability. Again, the LMS is student experience and foster social mobility. independent report commissioned by the working through CMS to make the strongest Our overall goal is a sector that is freed to re- Conservative Party in 2009 and carried out by representation to both the EPSRC and govern- spond in new ways to the needs of students.” a task force assembled and led by Carol Vor- ment ministers about the catastrophic impact The White Paper is available at http://tinyurl. derman. The full report is available at http:// this will have on the future of mathematical com/3ffpuva. tinyurl.com/3usonpg.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind14 14 8/30/2011 4:12:41 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

MATHEMATICS POLICY ROUND-UP OFFA announces decisions on 2012–13 access National Curriculum update – recent review agreements of activity sciences and the need to keep mathematical The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has an- The latest update to the National Curricu- fellowships on a general basis at least until nounced that English universities and colleges lum Review website is available at http:// the shaping agenda has been further devel- charging above £6,000 for their courses plan tinyurl.com/3b95pfy. oped. Further updates will be available on to boost their spending on access measures both the LMS and CMS websites. to £602 million a year by 2015–16. Details are Michael Gove speech to The Royal Society available at http://tinyurl.com/3ww874f. The Secretary of State for Education, EPSRC Chief Executive Michael Gove MP, gave a speech at The Professor David Delpy will remain as Chief Ex- The Hughes Report Royal Society highlighting the importance of ecutive and Deputy Chair of EPSRC for a sec- Simon Hughes MP, the Government Advo- science and maths and stating that the gov- ond term. Professor Delpy’s re-appointment is cate for Access to Education, has published ernment “unequivocally believe that maths for two years and seven months ending on 31 his report on improving access to further and and science education are at the heart of March 2014. higher education. The full report is available improving our society and our economy”. at http://tinyurl.com/3o2gaxe. The speech is available at http://tinyurl.com/ Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR): Oral 3vjqgkz. evidence More UK first degree graduates entering The Science and Technology Select Commit- employment Evaluating Mathematics Pathways project tee has announced that it will take further The Higher Education Statistics Agency The final report of the Evaluating Mathe- 15 evidence from the Research Councils and gov- (HESA) has published Destinations of Leavers matics Pathways (EMP) project has been ernment minister on 14 September 2011. The from Higher Education Institutions 2009/10. published by the Department for Education Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) The publication provides detailed results of (see http://tinyurl.com/3mhesls). written response is available at www.cms. the Destinations of Leavers from HE survey, The EMP project was an independent ac.uk/reports/2011/CSRfinal.pdf. which asks graduates what they are doing six evaluation of the manageability and impact months after graduation. When compared of a range of proposed new 14–19 mathe- Peer Review report with last year’s statistics, the publication matics qualifications or ‘mathematics path- The Science and Technology Select Commit- shows that a higher proportion of gradu- ways’. The project was led by the School of tee published its report on Peer Review in ates entered employment, fewer went into Education at the University of Nottingham Scientific Publications on Thursday 28 July further study, and a lower proportion were in collaboration with the Universities of 2011. More information is available at http:// unemployed. The data are available at http:// Manchester and Sussex, on behalf of the tinyurl.com/4yk78m7. tinyurl.com/3svcvuu. Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority (QCDA). HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Report into English Baccalaureate Higher Education White Paper Vorderman publishes report on mathematics The Education Select Committee completed The government has published its White education its inquiry into the English Baccalaureate Paper on plans to reform higher education Major alterations in mathematics education by publishing a report on Thursday 28 July in England – Students at the Heart of the are critical or we risk our future economic 2011. More information is available at http:// System. Universities Minister, David Willetts, prosperity; and mathematics in some form tinyurl.com/4yk78m7. said: “The Government will reform the financ- should be compulsory until the age of 18. ing of higher education, promote a better These are among the key conclusions of an New Teaching Agency student experience and foster social mobility. independent report commissioned by the The Teaching Agency is a new executive Our overall goal is a sector that is freed to re- Conservative Party in 2009 and carried out by agency that will be responsible for ensur- spond in new ways to the needs of students.” a task force assembled and led by Carol Vor- ing the supply of high quality teachers and The White Paper is available at http://tinyurl. derman. The full report is available at http:// training, and for teacher regulation. It will com/3ffpuva. tinyurl.com/3usonpg. open in April 2012 and take on some key

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind15 15 8/30/2011 4:12:42 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

functions of the Training and Development found on the webpage at www.icms.org. Agency for Schools, General Teaching Coun- uk/proposals.php. cil for England, Children’s Workforce Devel- Successful applicants will be offered a opment Council and the Qualifications and funding package to contribute to the trav- Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). el and subsistence of a proportion of the More information about the new agency is participants. ICMS staff will undertake all available at http://tinyurl.com/43f6mro. non-scientific administration and financial Dr John Johnston management connected with the work- Mathematics Promotion Unit shop. One of the Scientific Organisers (often an author of the initial proposal) will be ICMS WORKSHOP appointed Principal Organiser and be the main point of contact with ICMS. PROPOSALS 2013 For all enquiries about ICMS or to discuss October Deadline the procedures for submitting a workshop proposal, please contact Jane Walker, Execu- Proposals are now invited for workshops tive Secretary & Centre Manager, ICMS (jane. to be held at the International Centre for [email protected]). Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Edinburgh 16 during 2013. ICMS particularly welcomes VISIT OF M .G. BRIN proposals for workshops in rapidly developing and newly emerging areas where Professor Matthew G. Brin (Binghamton there is a need to evaluate new develop- University, New York) will visit the UK from ments quickly. However, as a participating 11 to 24 October 2011. Professor Brin’s re- institution in Mathematics of Planet Earth search ranges from geometric group theory 2013, we will be interested to receive pro- to low-dimensional topology. He is an ex- posals pertaining to relevant subject areas pert on the properties of the family of R. for that year (see www.mpe2013.org). Thompson’s groups, and has introduced for Proposals are sent for review and organ- study the braided Thompson group BV and isers are invited to respond to comments the family of higher-dimensional Higman– from reviewers before the programme Thompson groups {sV}. Professor Brin will committee’s decision is made. Therefore give seminars at: normally one should submit at least 12–18 • St Andrews, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, months in advance of the workshop time. 13 October; contact Collin Bleak To be reviewed and considered by the pro- ([email protected]) gramme committee in February–March 2012 • Newcastle, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, proposals should be received by 31 October 20 October; contact Sarah Rees 2011. ([email protected]) Potential organisers should contact ICMS • Southampton, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, as early as possible to discuss ideas before 21 October; contact Brita Nucinkis submitting a firm proposal. The proposal ([email protected]) document should not normally exceed For further details consult seminar web- five pages and should be submitted elec- pages. Professor Brin will be based primarily tronically (PDF, PS, Word or DVI). Full in- at St Andrews, but will visit each institution structions on how to submit a proposal, for a time. The visit will be coordinated by together with details of the refereeing Collin Bleak and is supported by an LMS process and criteria for selection, can be Scheme 2 grant.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind16 16 8/30/2011 4:12:42 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

found on the webpage at www.icms.org. uk/proposals.php. Successful applicants will be offered a funding package to contribute to the travel and subsistence of a proportion of the participants. ICMS staff will undertake all non-scientific administration and financial management connected with the workshop. One of the Scientific Organisers (often an author of the initial proposal) will be appointed Principal Organiser and be the main point of contact with ICMS. For all enquiries about ICMS or to discuss the procedures for submitting a workshop proposal, please contact Jane Walker, Execu- tive Secretary & Centre Manager, ICMS (jane. [email protected]).

VISIT OF M .G. BRIN 17 Professor Matthew G. Brin (Binghamton University, New York) will visit the UK from 11 to 24 October 2011. Professor Brin’s research ranges from geometric group theory to low-dimensional topology. He is an ex- pert on the properties of the family of R. Thompson’s groups, and has introduced for study the braided Thompson group BV and the family of higher-dimensional Higman– Thompson groups {sV}. Professor Brin will give seminars at: • St Andrews, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, 13 October; contact Collin Bleak ([email protected]) L. Fairhead (LMD-CNRS) • Newcastle, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, 20 October; contact Sarah Rees ([email protected]) • Southampton, Pure Mathematics Colloquium, 21 October; contact Brita Nucinkis ([email protected]) For further details consult seminar web- pages. Professor Brin will be based primarily at St Andrews, but will visit each institution for a time. The visit will be coordinated by Collin Bleak and is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind17 17 8/30/2011 4:12:44 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

VISIT OF E. O’BRIEN place at Durham University; the provisional VISIT OF M. SCHWEIZER dates are 1–2 November. All researchers who Professor Eamonn O’Brien (University of Auck- are interested to participate are most wel- Professor Martin Schweizer (ETH Zürich, land) will be visiting the Mathematics Depart- come. For further details contact Frank Coolen Switzerland) will be visiting Imperial College ments at Warwick (18–23 September), QMUL ([email protected]). The visit is sup- London from 9 to 15 October 2011, Universi- (24 September – 2 October) and Cambridge ported in part by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. ty of Warwick and University of Manchester (2–8 October). His research area is computa- from 26 October to 11 November. Professor tional group theory. Professor O’Brien will VISIT OF T. ARAKAWA Schweizer’s research covers areas ranging give seminars at: from stochastic analysis and BSDE to utility • Warwick, 22 September, Constructive Professor Tomoyuki Arakawa (Research In- maximization and pricing and hedging in recognition for classical groups stitute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto incomplete market. He will give seminars • QMUL, 29 September, A new model for University) will be visiting the UK from 9 to at: computation with matrix groups 29 October 2011. His research areas include • Imperial College London, 12 October; • Cambridge, 5 October, Algorithms for Mathematical Physics (CFT and vertex op- contact Harry Zheng matrix groups over infinite fields erator algebras) and Representation Theory ([email protected]) For further details contact Derek Holt (Yangians, W-algebras and Kac–Moody alge- • University of Warwick, 1 November; ([email protected]), Charles Leedham- bras). During his visit he will give talks at: contact Alex Mijatovic Green ([email protected]), or • University of Manchester, Tuesday 11 Oct ([email protected]) 18 Jan Saxl ([email protected]). This visit • University of Birmingham, Thursday 13 Oct • University of Manchester, 9 November; is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. • University of Edinburgh, Tuesday 18 Oct contact Goran Peskir • University of Lancaster, Friday 21 Oct ([email protected]) VISIT OF M. BICKIS • University of York, Monday 24 Oct Further information about the visit can be For further information contact Alexander obtained from Harry Zheng (h.zheng@imperial. Professor Mikelis Bickis (University of Sas- Premet ([email protected]). ac.uk). The visit is supported by an LMS katchewan, Canada) will be visiting Durham The visit is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. Scheme 2 grant. University from 10 October to 16 December 2011. The focus of the research during this VISIT OF A. LOSKUTOV visit will be on study of the mathematical structure of various imprecise probability Professor Alexander Loskutov (Moscow State models, using tools derived from information University, Russia) will visit the UK from 2 to 23 geometry. During his visit, Professor Bickis October 2011. Professor Loskutov is head of the will present three lectures (exact details will Dynamical Systems and Chaos Research Group be advertised via Allstat and will be available at Moscow State University. His research inter- SHINING A MATHEMATICAL from the contact persons): ests are in the field related to applications of • Oxford Brookes University, 7 November, dynamical systems theory including chaos con- SPOTLIGHT ON THE CITY The geometry of imprecise inference trol, biomedical applications, financial mathe- The sun shone, briefly, on the inaugural (date provisional; contact Fabio Cuzzolin: matics, celestial mechanics and especially in Maths in the City tour on Saturday 18 June [email protected]) billiard systems and time-dependent billiards. 2011 in Oxford. Marcus du Sautoy, principal • Newcastle University, 2 December, During his visit he will be based at the Univer- investigator on this EPSRC funded project, Calibration of p-values via the Dirichlet sity of Warwick. He will give lectures at: lead a group of competition winners and process (contact Malcolm Farrow: • University of Bristol, 3 October their families on a journey through central [email protected]) • University of Warwick, 11 October Oxford to explore the mathematics behind • Durham University, 5 December, Imprecise • Imperial College London,13 October the engineering, technology and art that predictive inference for logistic regression For more information contact Vassili Gelf- has created our urban environments. A workshop on Geometry of imprecise prob- reich ([email protected]). The visit is Maths in the City, based at the Depart- ability and related statistical methods will take supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. ment for Continuing Education at the

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind18 18 8/30/2011 4:12:45 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011 place at Durham University; the provisional VISIT OF M. SCHWEIZER University of Oxford, is developing mathe- dates are 1–2 November. All researchers who matical walking tours of London and Oxford. are interested to participate are most wel- Professor Martin Schweizer (ETH Zürich, The project was launched this Spring with a come. For further details contact Frank Coolen Switzerland) will be visiting Imperial College competition asking people to highlight the ([email protected]). The visit is sup- London from 9 to 15 October 2011, Universi- maths in their own cities. People from all ported in part by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. ty of Warwick and University of Manchester over the world entered the competition in- from 26 October to 11 November. Professor cluding school students, teachers, research- VISIT OF T. ARAKAWA Schweizer’s research covers areas ranging ers and interested members of the public. from stochastic analysis and BSDE to utility Winning and commended entries included Professor Tomoyuki Arakawa (Research In- maximization and pricing and hedging in the beautiful tessellations in the Tiled Hall in stitute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto incomplete market. He will give seminars Leeds Central Library, wall paper and frieze University) will be visiting the UK from 9 to at: groups decorating Real Street, Segovia, to- 29 October 2011. His research areas include • Imperial College London, 12 October; pology of metro lines and the structural Mathematical Physics (CFT and vertex op- contact Harry Zheng strength of triangles. The overall winner erator algebras) and Representation Theory ([email protected]) was Nick Simmonds, a mathematics teacher (Yangians, W-algebras and Kac–Moody alge- • University of Warwick, 1 November; from Reading, who applied graph theory to bras). During his visit he will give talks at: contact Alex Mijatovic planning the perfect tourist route through • University of Manchester, Tuesday 11 Oct ([email protected]) Windsor. • University of Birmingham, Thursday 13 Oct • University of Manchester, 9 November; All of the entries to the competition are 19 • University of Edinburgh, Tuesday 18 Oct contact Goran Peskir now part of a virtual mathscape of the • University of Lancaster, Friday 21 Oct ([email protected]) world at the Maths in the City website www. • University of York, Monday 24 Oct Further information about the visit can be mathsinthecity.com. You can still add your For further information contact Alexander obtained from Harry Zheng (h.zheng@imperial. own suggestions to this online tour guide Premet ([email protected]). ac.uk). The visit is supported by an LMS and the site will keep growing as we devel- The visit is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. Scheme 2 grant. op the walking tours of London and Oxford. As well as supporting the walking tours the VISIT OF A. LOSKUTOV project will lead in 2012, the website will also allow anyone to take their own math- Professor Alexander Loskutov (Moscow State ematical tours in many cities around the UK University, Russia) will visit the UK from 2 to 23 and across the world. October 2011. Professor Loskutov is head of the We are now working hard finessing our Dynamical Systems and Chaos Research Group walking tour of Oxford and developing at Moscow State University. His research inter- SHINING A MATHEMATICAL our tour of London. Marcus and his team ests are in the field related to applications of of mathemagicians (undergraduate and dynamical systems theory including chaos con- SPOTLIGHT ON THE CITY postgraduate students from University of trol, biomedical applications, financial mathe- The sun shone, briefly, on the inaugural Oxford) will lead both tours throughout matics, celestial mechanics and especially in Maths in the City tour on Saturday 18 June Spring and Summer 2012. We hope to give billiard systems and time-dependent billiards. 2011 in Oxford. Marcus du Sautoy, principal the general public a mathematician’s per- During his visit he will be based at the Univer- investigator on this EPSRC funded project, spective of the city, so please do let us know sity of Warwick. He will give lectures at: lead a group of competition winners and your suggestions through the website and • University of Bristol, 3 October their families on a journey through central help us shine a mathematical spotlight on • University of Warwick, 11 October Oxford to explore the mathematics behind the city. • Imperial College London,13 October the engineering, technology and art that Rachel Thomas For more information contact Vassili Gelf- has created our urban environments. Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) reich ([email protected]). The visit is Maths in the City, based at the Depart- Department for Continuing Education supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant. ment for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind19 19 8/30/2011 4:12:45 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

GEOMETRY DAY

A one-day conference focusing on recent results in Geometric Analysis will take place on Friday 11 November 2011 at King’s College London. Invited speakers include: • Theodora Bourni (Freie Universität Berlin) • Mark Haskins (Imperial College London) • William Minicozzi (Johns Hopkins) • Giuseppe Tinaglia (King’s College London) • Neshan Wickramasekera (Cambridge) Everybody is welcome to attend the meeting as well as the dinner scheduled to take place afterwards. For updated information visit the website at www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/depts/ mathematics/geometryday2.aspx. The meeting is supported by an LMS Conference grant.

20 FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS IN FLUID MECHANICS A meeting focussing on the mathematics of free- boundary problems in viscous fluid mechanics (in particular Hele–Shaw and Stokes flows) and on related mathematical techniques is being held from 8 to 11 January 2012 at the University of Not- tingham. The conference will seek to promote cross- fertilisation between different approaches and to honour the influential contributions of the late Dr Stan Richardson. Enquiries should be addressed to John King (john.king@nottingham. ac.uk) or to Jane Mason (jane.mason@nottingham.ac.uk). The meeting is supported by an LMS Conference grant.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind20 20 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

GEOMETRY DAY REPRESENTATION THEORY

A one-day conference focusing on recent AND results in Geometric Analysis will take place NUMBER THEORY on Friday 11 November 2011 at King’s College London. Invited speakers include: A meeting on the interactions between • Theodora Bourni (Freie Universität Berlin) number theory, representation theory and • Mark Haskins (Imperial College London) ergodic theory will be held on Wednesday 23 • William Minicozzi (Johns Hopkins) November 2011 at the London campus of the • Giuseppe Tinaglia (King’s College London) University of East Anglia. Speakers include: • Neshan Wickramasekera (Cambridge) • Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College) Everybody is welcome to attend the meet- • Anish Ghosh (University of East Anglia) ing as well as the dinner scheduled to take • Jens Marklof (Bristol University) place afterwards. For updated information • Vanessa Miemietz (University of East Anglia) visit the website at www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/depts/ • Catharina Stroppel (University of Bonn) mathematics/geometryday2.aspx. The meet- For further information contact Anish ing is supported by an LMS Conference grant. Ghosh ([email protected]). Limited financial assistance is available for PhD students. The FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS meeting is supported by an LMS Conference 21 IN FLUID MECHANICS grant. A meeting focussing on the mathematics of free- boundary problems in viscous fluid mechanics (in particular Hele–Shaw and Stokes flows) and on related mathematical techniques is being held from 8 to 11 January 2012 at the University of Not- tingham. The conference will seek to promote cross- fertilisation between different approaches and to honour the influential contributions of the late Dr Stan Richardson. Enquiries should be addressed to John King (john.king@nottingham. ac.uk) or to Jane Mason (jane.mason@notting- “That’s not the way it works. Different people crunching ham.ac.uk). The meeting the numbers should not get different results.” is supported by an LMS © ScienceCartoonsPlus.com Conference grant.

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind21 21 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

DAN QUILLEN • Spatio-temporal evolution equations and neural fields, 24–28 October, organizers: MEMORIAL MEETING P. Bressloff, S. Coombes There will be a memorial meeting for Dan • Learning and plasticity, 7–11 November, Quillen in Oxford on the afternoon of Satur- organizers: N. Brunel, W. Gerstner, day 19 November 2011. He died on 30 April J. Sjöström, H. Markram this year and was the Waynflete Professor from • Mathematical models of cognitive archi- 1984 to 2006. The memorial meeting will in- tectures, 5–9 December, organizers: clude lectures by Sir Michael Atiyah and Mike V. Jirsa, G. Deco Hopkins as well as musical contributions. In the Registration is on a first-come first-served evening there will be a dinner in his honour. policy until all available slots are filled. For Further details will be made available at further information visit the website at www- http://tinyurl.com/3uouwa4. For further in- sop.inria.fr/manifestations/SemesterCirm. formation, email Ulrike Tillmann (tillmann@ maths.ox.ac.uk). SYMMETRIES OF An obituary was published in the June issue of the LMS Newsletter (No. 404). DISCRETE OBJECTS A conference and MAGMA Workshop on 22 THEORETICAL, Symmetries of Discrete Objects will be held at Rydges Lakeland Resort Hotel, Queenstown, MATHEMATICAL AND New Zealand from 13 to 17 February 2012. COMPUTATIONAL This event will be a combination of a research conference on symmetries of discrete objects NEUROSCIENCE (such as graphs, maps/dessins, polytopes, A semester on Theoretical, Mathematical and Riemann surfaces and other complexes), and Computational Neuroscience will take place a MAGMA workshop, including some in- at CIRM, Marseille from October – December structional courses (well suited for graduate 2011. Neuroscience and its applications are students) on the MAGMA package and its greatly developing world-wide and Europe capabilities (especially for handling discrete is one of the important contributors to the structures and their automorphisms). advancement of this discipline. Because of the The aim of the conference is to bring to- variety of topics that it has to address, it is char- gether researchers working in various inter- acterized by a very broad inter-disciplinarity related fields, introduce their approaches and and requires the cooperation of actors in discoveries to one another, and to promote several fields of knowledge. joint research in and between these fields. In this context, the need for developing new To achieve this we will have a small number theoretical, mathematical, and computational of keynote talks, several contributed talks, tools can be clearly identified and must be at least one open problem session, and am- addressed. The purpose of this semester is to ple time for discussions and problem solv- LMS MIDLANDS REGIONAL MEETING 2011 present some of the relevant modern mathe- ing. Anyone with interest in automorphisms matical tools through short courses and to of discrete structures is welcome to consider Report explore several facets of the current research attending. The 2011 Midlands Regional Meeting of the through the following workshops. For further information visit the website LMS was held on Tuesday 14 June at the Uni- • Mean-field methods and multiscale analysis at www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~conder/SODO- versity of Birmingham. The title of the meeting of neuronal populations, 3–7 October, 2012/ or contact Marston Conder (m.conder@ was Representation theory in modern mathe- organizers: N. Brunel, O. Faugeras auckland.ac.nz) for further details. matics. The meeting began with the usual

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind22 22 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

• Spatio-temporal evolution equations and neural fields, 24–28 October, organizers: P. Bressloff, S. Coombes RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS • Learning and plasticity, 7–11 November, organizers: N. Brunel, W. Gerstner, AT LMS MEETINGS J. Sjöström, H. Markram • Mathematical models of cognitive archi- REGIONAL ORDINARY MEETING tectures, 5–9 December, organizers: held on Tuesday 14 June 2011 at the University of Birmingham. Over 50 members and V. Jirsa, G. Deco visitors were present for all or part of the meeting. Registration is on a first-come first-served The meeting began at 2.00 pm, with the President, Professor A.J. MACINTYRE, FRS, policy until all available slots are filled. For in the Chair. further information visit the website at www- Five people were elected to Ordinary Membership: G. Adesso, R.A.N. Emanuel, sop.inria.fr/manifestations/SemesterCirm. A. Neishtadt, O. Rath Spivack, T. Ward; and two people were elected to Associate Membership: S. Krumscheid, M. Tarawneh. SYMMETRIES OF The Records of Proceedings of the Society Meeting held in Oxford on 25 February DISCRETE OBJECTS 2011 were signed as a correct record. A conference and MAGMA Workshop on Five members signed the book and were admitted to the Society. Before the talks began, the President read out the following statement: Symmetries of Discrete Objects will be held at 23 Rydges Lakeland Resort Hotel, Queenstown, “Finally, I come to what is a distressing first, certainly for me and probably for our New Zealand from 13 to 17 February 2012. Society, which is almost 150 years old. A local member of the Society has been excluded This event will be a combination of a research from this building and hence from our meeting. Neither I nor anyone here is in a conference on symmetries of discrete objects position to assess or discuss any details. I deplore the action, taken against someone (such as graphs, maps/dessins, polytopes, who has given selflessly of his time and intellect to advance mathematics in this Riemann surfaces and other complexes), and country, both under the auspices of the LMS and independently.” a MAGMA workshop, including some in- Dr S. GOODWIN introduced a lecture given by Professor Miles Reid on Rings and structional courses (well suited for graduate varieties. students) on the MAGMA package and its Dr Goodwin then introduced a lecture given by Professor Shaun Stevens on capabilities (especially for handling discrete Representations of p-adic groups and the local Langlands conjectures. structures and their automorphisms). After tea, Dr Goodwin introduced a lecture given by Professor Catharina Stroppel on The aim of the conference is to bring to- Algebraic categorification: ideas and examples. gether researchers working in various inter- related fields, introduce their approaches and The Chair expressed the thanks of the Society to the local organisers and the discoveries to one another, and to promote speakers for putting on such an interesting meeting. joint research in and between these fields. After the meeting a wine reception and poster competition were held, followed by To achieve this we will have a small number dinner at the Staff House Restaurant on campus. of keynote talks, several contributed talks, at least one open problem session, and ample time for discussions and problem solv- LMS MIDLANDS REGIONAL MEETING 2011 ing. Anyone with interest in automorphisms of discrete structures is welcome to consider Report attending. The 2011 Midlands Regional Meeting of the formal business of the Society, which was For further information visit the website LMS was held on Tuesday 14 June at the Uni- chaired by the President, Angus Macintyre, at www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~conder/SODO- versity of Birmingham. The title of the meeting after which Angus handed over to the local 2012/ or contact Marston Conder (m.conder@ was Representation theory in modern mathe- organiser Simon Goodwin. auckland.ac.nz) for further details. matics. The meeting began with the usual The day consisted of three talks. Miles Reid

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind23 23 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

spoke first and his talk was entitled Rings and of the general linear group over the p-adic varieties. The focus of his talk was the study field and the so called Weil group associated of certain algebraic varieties of dimension 3, to the p-adic field. The focus of this talk was called Fano 3-folds. One can study a Fano the consideration of this conjecture in the con- 3-fold by associating to it a graded Gorenstein text of other classical groups. ring. Picking a basis for this ring provides an After the tea break the final lecture was embedding of the 3-fold into a projective given by Catharina Stroppel, whose talk was space. When the 3-fold has codimension less entitled Algebraic categorification: ideas and than or equal to three much is known (for ex- examples. Categorification is a tool currently ample there is a classification of these objects), at the forefront of representation theory. One but the case of codimension greater than 4 is of the features of categorification is that it still unknown. His talk concerned some recent gives us a better understanding of induction investigations into the case of codimension and restriction as functors between the rep- equal to 4. resentation categories of a specific object. The second speaker was Shaun Stevens For example Chuang and Rouquier have used whose talk was entitled Representations of categorification to prove Broué’s abelian group p-adic groups and the local Langlands conjec- conjecture for symmetric groups. The focus of tures. Given a p-adic field, one can take the the final talk was categorification in more 24 algebraic closure of this field and consider the general settings, such as Brauer algebras. Galois group of the resulting field extension. The meeting ended with a dinner held in the In the classical setting the local Langlands con- Staff House at the University of Birmingham. jecture says that there is a natural bijection be- Jay Taylor tween the irreducible smooth representations University of Aberdeen

. RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS EDUCATION DAY AT LMS MEETINGS Report The LMS Education Committee held an Edu- ORDINARY MEETING cation Day at De Morgan House on 31 May held on Wednesday 20 April 2011 at the University of Leicester during the British 2011. The day attracted 33 participants from Mathematical Colloquium. Over 80 members and visitors were present for all or part of a wide variety of Universities. The Education the meeting. Day aimed to bring together educators from the full spectrum of mathematics depart- The meeting began at 11.30 am with the Vice-President, Professor J. GREENLEES, in ments to discuss the issues currently facing the Chair. HE mathematics. Five people were elected to Ordinary Membership: D. Bewsher, G-Q.G. Chen, The Education Committee was aware that I.L. Lopez Franco, C. Mouchot, M. Winkel; and four people were elected to Associate there was a range of opinion amongst aca- Membership: T.F. Bloom, A. Elmabrok, J. Grahl, Z. Zaidi. demic mathematicians about educational is- Eight members signed the book and were admitted to the Society. sues, and the Education Day sought to hear Professor Greenlees introduced a lecture given by Professor Elon Lindenstrauss on views from a broad range of HE institutions. Entropy & Quantum Unique Ergodicity Four themes were discussed, all of which had The Chair expressed the thanks of the Society to the speaker for giving such a been identified by the Education Committee fascinating lecture. as being of interest. The morning focused on A-Level, looking

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind24 24 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

of the general linear group over the p-adic field and the so called Weil group associated to the p-adic field. The focus of this talk was RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS the consideration of this conjecture in the context of other classical groups. AT LMS MEETINGS After the tea break the final lecture was given by Catharina Stroppel, whose talk was ORDINARY MEETING entitled Algebraic categorification: ideas and held on Tuesday 31 May 2011 at De Morgan House. 33 members and visitors were examples. Categorification is a tool currently present for all or part of the meeting. at the forefront of representation theory. One The meeting began at 10.50 am, with the Vice-President, Professor K. BROWN, FRSE, of the features of categorification is that it in the Chair. gives us a better understanding of induction Six members signed the book and were admitted to the Society. and restriction as functors between the representation categories of a specific object. Education Secretary Professor C.J. BUDD introduced the first sessionThe transition For example Chuang and Rouquier have used from school to university. Short presentations were given by Dr Tony Gardiner on the categorification to prove Broué’s abelian group Current state of play of A-Level and future directions for A-Level and Professor Jeremy conjecture for symmetric groups. The focus of Levesley on How can HE be involved in challenging sixth form students?, followed by the final talk was categorification in more discussion groups and feedback sessions. general settings, such as Brauer algebras. After lunch Professor Budd introduced the second session Training of lecturers. Short 25 The meeting ended with a dinner held in the presentations were given by Dr Neil Challis on Content of HE courses and Professor Staff House at the University of Birmingham. Alexandre Borovik on Lecturer training, followed by discussion groups and feedback Jay Taylor sessions. University of Aberdeen The Chair expressed the thanks of the Society to the organisers and the speakers. . RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS EDUCATION DAY at the current state of play and future directions, with consideration given to how A-Level Report AT LMS MEETINGS students who want to take mathematics (or The LMS Education Committee held an Edu- cognate disciplines) at University level could ORDINARY MEETING cation Day at De Morgan House on 31 May be supported by HE. held on Wednesday 20 April 2011 at the University of Leicester during the British 2011. The day attracted 33 participants from The afternoon session looked at HE issues: Mathematical Colloquium. Over 80 members and visitors were present for all or part of a wide variety of Universities. The Education advantages and disadvantages of a common the meeting. Day aimed to bring together educators from HE syllabus and the training of new mathe- the full spectrum of mathematics depart- matics lecturers. The meeting began at 11.30 am with the Vice-President, Professor J. GREENLEES, in ments to discuss the issues currently facing Tony Gardiner, Jeremy Levesley, Neil Challis the Chair. HE mathematics. and Alexandre Borovik (Professor Borovik is a Five people were elected to Ordinary Membership: D. Bewsher, G-Q.G. Chen, The Education Committee was aware that Trustee and a member of the LMS Council but I.L. Lopez Franco, C. Mouchot, M. Winkel; and four people were elected to Associate there was a range of opinion amongst aca- was speaking in his personal capacity) intro- Membership: T.F. Bloom, A. Elmabrok, J. Grahl, Z. Zaidi. demic mathematicians about educational is- duced these themes, and discussion groups Eight members signed the book and were admitted to the Society. sues, and the Education Day sought to hear then considered the issues in more detail. Professor Greenlees introduced a lecture given by Professor Elon Lindenstrauss on views from a broad range of HE institutions. There was strong agreement that the se- Entropy & Quantum Unique Ergodicity Four themes were discussed, all of which had quential nature of mathematics did not lend The Chair expressed the thanks of the Society to the speaker for giving such a been identified by the Education Committee itself well to modular courses and that there fascinating lecture. as being of interest. was a preference for a linear (or at least less- The morning focused on A-Level, looking modular) A-Level. There was also a sense that

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind25 25 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

university and school mathematics were not of the architect Sir Herbert Baker. Among working together well, and that there should Baker’s other well known designs are Rhodes be more involvement in enrichment activity. House in Oxford and the Union Buildings in Solving mathematical problems was men- Pretoria, South Africa. The list of many nota- tioned as being of particular value by many ble alumni includes F.W. de Clerk and Professor participants. G.F.R. Ellis. There was also some discussion of whether Following LMS business, the President, HE mathematics should look to a common Professor Angus Macintyre, FRS, proceeded curriculum. There was no support for such a to the lecture programme, the first lecture move, and it was felt that the current QAA being given by Professor Robert McCann, Benchmark for mathematics was sufficient. University of Toronto, on Geometric Vari- Most participants felt that mathematics stu- ational Problems in Economics. dents are a diverse group, wishing to follow Professor McCann began by introducing mathematics for different reasons and that the idea of multidimensional screening. A HE mathematics should reflect this diversity typical example would be a car manufac- in its courses. turer who wants to sell a range of models With regard to lecturer training, there was to a population of potential buyers. The regret about the likely closure of the MSOR preferences of the buyers are only known 26 programme, which was highly thought of in the aggregate, and the valuation, or cost, by many. It was hoped that at least part of of a particular model to a consumer is de- MSOR’s work with new lecturers could be fined. If the distribution of different con- continued in some way. There was discussion sumers (parameterized, say, by wealth) and of the balance to be struck between generic the cost to the manufacturer of producing training and mathematics specific training. a particular model are known, the problem Professor Borovik suggested that the LMS for the manufacturer is to decide how much could perhaps itself be a provider of mathe- to charge for each model so as to maximize matics specific lecturer training: high quality, their profits. reasonably priced and competitive. Realistic modelling of such problems in- The Education Committee will be consider- volves optimization in multidimensional ing the ideas that the participants suggested, spaces, which represent, for example, the and will look further at how the LMS can sup- different types of vehicles (air condition- port educational activity. It was felt that the ing, fuel efficiency, safety, styling, etc.) and day was a success and the Committee looks the different populations of buyers, who forward to future events. vary in wealth, age, family size, commut- Chris Budd ing needs, etc. While sophisticated numeri- Chair, Education Committee cal algorithms can be devised for analysing such problems, convexity of the cost function is often crucial. Professor McCann’s SOCIETY MEETING lecture was devoted to explaining how the presence of convexity may be determined Report when the dimension of the product and The meeting opened at 3.30 pm on Friday buyer spaces coincide. 1 July 2011 at Goodenough College, Meck- The key condition is expressed in terms lenburgh Square, London WC1. The College of the non-negative cross-curvature of the was established in 1930, with building work cost function. This concept arose in studies commencing in 1935 under the direction of optimal maps in the Monge–Kantorovich

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind26 26 8/30/2011 4:12:47 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

of the architect Sir Herbert Baker. Among Baker’s other well known designs are Rhodes House in Oxford and the Union Buildings in RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS Pretoria, South Africa. The list of many nota- ble alumni includes F.W. de Clerk and Professor AT LMS MEETINGS G.F.R. Ellis. Following LMS business, the President, ORDINARY MEETING Professor Angus Macintyre, FRS, proceeded held on Friday 1 July 2011 at Goodenough College London. About 40 members and to the lecture programme, the first lecture visitors were present for all or part of the meeting. The meeting began at 3.30 pm, being given by Professor Robert McCann, with the President, Professor A.J. MACINTYRE FRS, in the Chair. University of Toronto, on Geometric Vari- ational Problems in Economics. Five people were elected to Ordinary Membership: T.E. Brendle, J. Bridgwater, Professor McCann began by introducing M.S. Gate, S. Lyle, A.J. Walker; one was elected to Associate Membership: A. Theofanis; the idea of multidimensional screening. A and one was elected to Reciprocity Membership: A.O. Egonmwan. typical example would be a car manufac- One member signed the book and was admitted to the Society. turer who wants to sell a range of models to a population of potential buyers. The On a recommendation from Council it was agreed to elect Dr D.J. Collins and preferences of the buyers are only known Professor P.T. Saunders as scrutineers in the forthcoming Council elections. in the aggregate, and the valuation, or cost, The President, on Council’s behalf, proposed that Professor Nancy Kopell of Boston 27 of a particular model to a consumer is de- University and Professor Yuri Manin of the Northwestern University be elected to fined. If the distribution of different con- Honorary Membership of the Society. The President read a short version of the sumers (parameterized, say, by wealth) and citations, to be published in full in the Bulletin. the cost to the manufacturer of producing a particular model are known, the problem The President then announced the awards of the prizes for 2011: for the manufacturer is to decide how much Pólya Prize Professor E. Brian Davies, FRS (King’s College London) to charge for each model so as to maximize Senior Whitehead Prize Dr Jonathan Pila (University of Oxford) their profits. Naylor Prize and Lectureship Professor J. Bryce Mcleod, FRS (University of Oxford) Realistic modelling of such problems in- Whitehead Prizes Dr Jonathan Bennett (University of Birmingham) volves optimization in multidimensional Dr Alexander Gorodnik (University of Bristol) spaces, which represent, for example, the Professor Barbara Niethammer (University of Oxford) different types of vehicles (air condition- Dr Alexander Pushnitski (King’s College London) ing, fuel efficiency, safety, styling, etc.) and The President read short versions of the citations, to be published in full in the the different populations of buyers, who Bulletin. vary in wealth, age, family size, commut- ing needs, etc. While sophisticated numeri- The President also announced the winner of the joint IMA–LMS Christopher Zeeman cal algorithms can be devised for analysing Medal to be Professor John Barrow, FRS. such problems, convexity of the cost func- The President introduced a lecture given by Professor Robert McCann on Geometric tion is often crucial. Professor McCann’s Variational Problems in Economics. lecture was devoted to explaining how the Following a break for tea, the President introduced a lecture by Professor Cédric presence of convexity may be determined Villani, the 2010 Fields Medallist, on Economic Methods in Geometry. when the dimension of the product and buyer spaces coincide. At the end of the meeting, the President thanked both speakers for their brilliant The key condition is expressed in terms lectures. of the non-negative cross-curvature of the After the meeting, a reception was held at De Morgan House, followed by a dinner cost function. This concept arose in studies at the Blue Door Bistro in the Montague Hotel. of optimal maps in the Monge–Kantorovich

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind27 27 8/30/2011 4:12:48 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

transportation problem, and it enables ide- programming. His seminal ideas and their talk, whereupon members and their as and results from Riemannian geometry applications to financial and production guests returned to De Morgan House for a to be exploited in the formulation of op- management were recognized in 1975 with reception. timal pricing strategies. Professor McCann the award of the Nobel Prize in economics. Ian Roulstone described how the condition is used to es- Professor Villani described the Kantorovich University of Surrey tablish convexity, uniqueness, and hence problem (1942) to find a probability meas- stability of the strategies. ure on the product of two metric separable REVIEW The President thanked Professor McCann spaces that attains the infimum of a cost for a most interesting talk, and following function. He went on to explain the link The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 well-deserved applause, the speaker en- between the Kantorovich problem and the edited by Mircea Pitici, Princeton University joyed informal conversations with members Monge mass transport problem, in which Press, 2010, 440 pp, £13.95, $19.95, ISBN over afternoon tea. the transport map is described by the push 978-0-6911-4841-0. At 5.15 pm the meeting reconvened, and forward of the probability measure from The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 is the President introduced Professor Cédric one space to the other. The map which at- a diverse collection of thirty- Villani from the University of Lyon, Direc- tains the infimum is the optimal transport five articles on and about tor of the Institut Henri Poincaré, and map. mathematics appearing in 2010 Fields Medallist. The title of Profes- Monge’s original paper, published in 2009. Whilst a good number of sor Villani’s talk was Economic Methods in 1781 (Professor Villani pointed out that them are taken from familiar 28 Geometry. it appeared on page 666 of Mémoires de publications such as Mathemat- Professor Villani introduced one of his l’Académie Royale, indicating its devilish ical Intelligencer and Notices of heroes of mathematics, Leonid Kantorovich. nature!), was concerned with the transpor- the AMS, the majority appear Among Kantorovich’s many contributions to tation of ore from mines to factories. In in places I (for one) would not our subject is his pioneering work on linear more recent years, the Monge–Kantorovich normally look, or even have problem has been much studied and ap- heard of. plied to a diverse range of problems, from Initially approaching this the semi-geostrophic equations of mete- book as something of a bag orology to the reconstruction of the early of sweets, I was a little dis- universe. appointed not to find more Professor Villani went on to describe some articles of the kind found in the very beautiful connections between opti- section called Mathematics and Its Applica- mal transport and Riemannian geometry, tions, short pieces about some interesting focussing in particular on metric-measure bit of mathematics. For example ‘Knowing spaces of positive Ricci curvature. He point- When to Stop: How to Gamble If You Must ed out how variational methods originating – The Mathematics of Optimal Stopping’ is a in Kantorovich’s work on economics have very nice exposition by Theodore Hill around solved problems related to curvature and the Marriage Problem (or Secretary Problem). distortion. However, one could reason that this sort of It is impossible to capture in a few para- article is readily available and that we don’t graphs the breadth and depth of the con- really need a guide to locate them. cepts presented by Professors McCann and In a similar vein to Mathematics and Its Ap- Villani, and one can only recommend a visit plications, although about mathematics in to their websites to gain a greater apprecia- general rather than specifics, are the sections tion of this exciting area of research, and entitled ‘Mathematics Alive’ and ‘Mathe- the confluence of ideas – old and new. maticians and the Practice of Mathematics’. The meeting thanked Professor Villani These consist of articles which often defy for his stimulating and most entertaining classification, ranging from ‘What is Financial

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind28 28 8/30/2011 4:12:48 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

programming. His seminal ideas and their talk, whereupon members and their Mathematics’ to the very promising sounding applications to financial and production guests returned to De Morgan House for a ‘If Mathematics Is a Language, How Do You management were recognized in 1975 with reception. Swear in It?’, and from a short description the award of the Nobel Prize in economics. Ian Roulstone of Tim Gowers’ recent ‘Massively Collabora- Professor Villani described the Kantorovich University of Surrey tive Mathematics’ project to the somewhat problem (1942) to find a probability meas- rambling ‘Birds and Frogs’. These pieces re- ure on the product of two metric separable REVIEW ally are varied, and contain some thought- spaces that attains the infimum of a cost provoking stuff together with the slightly function. He went on to explain the link The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 disappointing. between the Kantorovich problem and the edited by Mircea Pitici, Princeton University The bulk of the book lies in the sections Monge mass transport problem, in which Press, 2010, 440 pp, £13.95, $19.95, ISBN on education, history and philosophy. This is the transport map is described by the push 978-0-6911-4841-0. where things get more serious, and is perhaps forward of the probability measure from The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 is where the book is most useful. ‘Mathematics one space to the other. The map which at- a diverse collection of thirty- Education’ contains well-cho- tains the infimum is the optimal transport five articles on and about sen journal articles covering map. mathematics appearing in very diverse aspects of the area. Monge’s original paper, published in 2009. Whilst a good number of I enjoyed all of these pieces and 1781 (Professor Villani pointed out that them are taken from familiar so am loathe to pick out one or it appeared on page 666 of Mémoires de publications such as Mathemat- two for mention, but they en- 29 l’Académie Royale, indicating its devilish ical Intelligencer and Notices of compass adolescent learning, nature!), was concerned with the transpor- the AMS, the majority appear textbooks, special needs teach- tation of ore from mines to factories. In in places I (for one) would not ing, aesthetics, cognition, math- more recent years, the Monge–Kantorovich normally look, or even have ematical writing and the use of problem has been much studied and ap- heard of. paper models in geometry. Six plied to a diverse range of problems, from Initially approaching this out of seven of these articles I the semi-geostrophic equations of mete- book as something of a bag would not otherwise have read orology to the reconstruction of the early of sweets, I was a little dis- or indeed have known about universe. appointed not to find more had they not been served up to Professor Villani went on to describe some articles of the kind found in the me on a plate. very beautiful connections between opti- section called Mathematics and Its Applica- ‘History and Philosophy of Mathemat- mal transport and Riemannian geometry, tions, short pieces about some interesting ics’ also consists mostly of scholarly pieces, focussing in particular on metric-measure bit of mathematics. For example ‘Knowing and includes articles on Kronecker, Rota, spaces of positive Ricci curvature. He point- When to Stop: How to Gamble If You Must inconsistent mathematics and mathematical ed out how variational methods originating – The Mathematics of Optimal Stopping’ is a belief. in Kantorovich’s work on economics have very nice exposition by Theodore Hill around As a mathematician engrossed in my own solved problems related to curvature and the Marriage Problem (or Secretary Problem). area, but who will read Mathematical Intel- distortion. However, one could reason that this sort of ligencer if it is on the table of a common It is impossible to capture in a few para- article is readily available and that we don’t room, I’ve been delighted to have this book graphs the breadth and depth of the con- really need a guide to locate them. in my house. One inevitably will not agree cepts presented by Professors McCann and In a similar vein to Mathematics and Its Ap- with every choice of work for inclusion, but Villani, and one can only recommend a visit plications, although about mathematics in it would be a dull book if it simply presented to their websites to gain a greater apprecia- general rather than specifics, are the sections us with what we like. What is important is tion of this exciting area of research, and entitled ‘Mathematics Alive’ and ‘Mathe- that it is varied and balanced, and contains the confluence of ideas – old and new. maticians and the Practice of Mathematics’. the odd surprise. The meeting thanked Professor Villani These consist of articles which often defy Charles Eaton for his stimulating and most entertaining classification, ranging from ‘What is Financial University of Manchester

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind29 29 8/30/2011 4:12:48 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected]

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 12-16 Perspectives in Algebraic Lie Theory NOVEMBER 2011 Workshop, INI, Cambridge (403) 3 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach This calendar lists Society meetings and other 15-16 Induction Course for New Lecturers, Workshop, Manchester (405) Birmingham (405) mathematical events. Further information 7-11 Learning and Plasticity Workshop, may be obtained from the appropriate 17 De Morgan House Open Day, London CIRM, Marseille (406) LMS Newsletter whose number is given in (405) 11 Geometry Day, King’s College London brackets. A fuller list of meetings and events 19-21 Mathematical & Theoretical Ecology (406) is given on the Society’s website (www.lms. Meeting, Essex (405) 12-13 MathsJam Weekend, Wychwood Park ac.uk/newsletter/calendar.html). 19-23 Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and Please send updates and corrections to Related Analysis with Applications ICMS (405) [email protected]. Workshop, Edinburgh (405) 15 How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run? Gresham 22 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach College Lecture, Museum of London (406) SEPTEMBER 2011 Workshop, Birmingham (405) 18 LMS AGM, London 1-2 Harmonic Analysis and PDE Workshop, 27 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 19 Dan Quillen Memorial Meeting, Oxford Madrid, Spain (405) Workshop, Nottingham (405) (406) 1-3 British Topology Meeting, Edinburgh (405) 28 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 23 Representation Theory and Number 1-3 British Logic Colloquium, Edinburgh (405) Workshop, Leeds (405) Theory Meeting, London (406) 5 Function Theory Meeting, London (405) 29 LMS Popular Lectures, Birmingham (406) 29-3 Dec SAMS–AMS Joint International 30 5-6 Preparing for Student Led Education 30 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Congress, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (406) CETL-MSOR Conference, Coventry (405) Workshop, London (405) 30 BCS-FACS Evening Seminar, London (406) 5-7 Domains X Workshop, Swansea (405) 5-8 Partial Differential Equations and OCTOBER 2011 DECEMBER 2011 Spectral Theory Meeting, Imperial College 3 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 5-9 Mathematical Models of Cognitive London (404) Workshop, Southampton (405) Architectures Workshop, CIRM, Marseille (406) 5-9 European Women in Mathematics 3-7 Mean-field Methods and Multiscale 12-16 Inverse Problems in Science and Analysis of Neuronal Populations Workshop, General Meeting, Barcelona (396) Engineering INI Workshop, Cambridge (401) CIRM, Marseille (406) 5-9 Accelerating Industrial Productivity via 13 David and Goliath, Gresham College 3-7 Dynamical Systems and Classical Deterministic Computer Experiments and Lecture, Museum of London (406) Stochastic Simulation Experiments Mechanics ICMS Workshop, Edinburgh (405) 5 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Workshop, INI, Cambridge (402) Workshop, Cardiff (405) JANUARY 2012 5-9 Mathematical Imaging in Interaction 7-8 LMS South-West and South Wales with Biomedicine ICMS Workshop, Edinburgh 8-11 Free Boundary Problems in Fluid Regional Meeting, Exeter (406) (405) Mechanics Meeting, Nottingham (406) 10 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 5-9 ENUMATH Conference 2011, Leicester (404) 17 Citius, Altius, Fortius, Gresham College Workshop, Bristol (405) Lecture, Museum of London (406) 7-8 The Mathematics of Turbulent Diffusion 11 Computer Science Day, London Meeting, Sheffield (404) 31-2 Feb Cryptographic Theory INI Work- 20 Mathematics in Defence Conference, shop, Cambridge (404) 8-9 Heilbronn Annual Conference, Bristol Shrivenham (401) (404) 20 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 10-15 British Science Festival, Bradford (405) Workshop, Sheffield (405) FEBRUARY 2012 11-17 Turning Dreams into Reality ICME, 24-28 Spatio-temporal Evolution Equations 13-17 Symmetries of Discrete Objects South Africa (388) and Neural Fields Workshop, CIRM, Marseille Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand 12-16 Networks: Stochastic Models for (406) (406) Populations and Epidemics ICMS Workshop, 28 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 21 Let’s Twist Again, Gresham College Edinburgh (405) Workshop, Edinburgh (405) Lecture, Museum of London (406)

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind30 30 8/30/2011 4:12:48 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 406 September 2011

12-16 Perspectives in Algebraic Lie Theory NOVEMBER 2011 MARCH 2012 Workshop, INI, Cambridge (403) 3 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 21 Zeeman Medal 2011 Award Ceremony, 15-16 Induction Course for New Lecturers, Workshop, Manchester (405) The Royal Society, London (406) Birmingham (405) 7-11 Learning and Plasticity Workshop, 27 On the Waterfront, Gresham College 17 De Morgan House Open Day, London CIRM, Marseille (406) Lecture, Museum of London (406) (405) 11 Geometry Day, King’s College London 26-30 LMS Invited Lectures, Alexei Borodin, 19-21 Mathematical & Theoretical Ecology (406) Glasgow (406) Meeting, Essex (405) 12-13 MathsJam Weekend, Wychwood Park 19-23 Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and APRIL 2012 Related Analysis with Applications ICMS (405) 16-19 BMC 2012, Canterbury Workshop, Edinburgh (405) 15 How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run? Gresham 17-19 Frontiers of Nevanlinna Theory 3: 22 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach College Lecture, Museum of London (406) Applications of Nevanlinna Theory to Workshop, Birmingham (405) 18 LMS AGM, London Differential and Functional Equations, 27 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 19 Dan Quillen Memorial Meeting, Oxford University College London (401) Workshop, Nottingham (405) (406) 24 Final Score, Gresham College Lecture, 23 Representation Theory and Number 28 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Museum of London (406) Workshop, Leeds (405) Theory Meeting, London (406) 29 LMS Popular Lectures, Birmingham (406) 29-3 Dec SAMS–AMS Joint International MAY 2012 30 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Congress, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (406) 31 Workshop, London (405) 30 BCS-FACS Evening Seminar, London (406) 28-1 Jun Boundary Value Problems for Linear Elliptic and Integrable PDEs: OCTOBER 2011 Theory and Computation ICMS Workshop, DECEMBER 2011 Edinburgh (405) 3 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 5-9 Mathematical Models of Cognitive Workshop, Southampton (405) Architectures Workshop, CIRM, Marseille (406) JUNE 2012 3-7 Mean-field Methods and Multiscale 12-16 Inverse Problems in Science and Analysis of Neuronal Populations Workshop, 18-20 Frontiers of Nevanlinna Theory 4: Engineering INI Workshop, Cambridge (401) CIRM, Marseille (406) Nevanlinna Theory and Number Theory, 13 David and Goliath, Gresham College 3-7 Dynamical Systems and Classical University College London (401) Lecture, Museum of London (406) Mechanics ICMS Workshop, Edinburgh (405) 5 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach JULY 2012 Workshop, Cardiff (405) JANUARY 2012 2-7 6th European Congress of Mathematics, 7-8 LMS South-West and South Wales 8-11 Free Boundary Problems in Fluid Kraków, Poland (397) Regional Meeting, Exeter (406) Mechanics Meeting, Nottingham (406) 10 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 17 Citius, Altius, Fortius, Gresham College AUGUST 2014 Workshop, Bristol (405) Lecture, Museum of London (406) 13-21 ICM 2014, Seoul, Republic of Korea 11 Computer Science Day, London 31-2 Feb Cryptographic Theory INI Work- (403) 20 Mathematics in Defence Conference, shop, Cambridge (404) Shrivenham (401) 20 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach Workshop, Sheffield (405) FEBRUARY 2012 LMS CONFERENCE FACILITIES 24-28 Spatio-temporal Evolution Equations 13-17 Symmetries of Discrete Objects Organising a conference in central London? and Neural Fields Workshop, CIRM, Marseille Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand Meeting rooms and catering are available (406) (406) in De Morgan House. For terms and avail- 28 Supporting Postgraduates Who Teach 21 Let’s Twist Again, Gresham College ability, please call 020 7927 0800 or email Workshop, Edinburgh (405) Lecture, Museum of London (406) [email protected].

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind31 31 8/30/2011 4:12:49 PM J. WALMSLEY LMS member 1869–1914 A.F. Lafosse, Manchester A.F.

John Walmsley, BA Founder of Eccles Grammar School, Manchester

September11-NL-corrected-EMS.ind32 32 8/30/2011 4:12:49 PM