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Editorial Team European Mathematical Society CONTENTS EDITORIAL TEAM EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ROBIN WILSON Department of Pure Mathematics The Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK e-mail: [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITORS STEEN MARKVORSEN Department of Mathematics Technical University of Denmark NEWSLETTER No. 41 Building 303 DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark September 2001 e-mail: [email protected] KRZYSZTOF CIESIELSKI EMS Agenda ................................................................................................. 2 Mathematics Institute Jagiellonian University Editorial - Carles Casacuberta ..................................................................... 3 Reymonta 4 30-059 Kraków, Poland EMS Summer School at St Petersburg 2001 ................................................. 4 e-mail: [email protected] KATHLEEN QUINN EAGER - ENI - EMS Summer School ........................................................... 5 The Open University [address as above] e-mail: [email protected] Meeting of the EMS Council ......................................................................... 6 SPECIALIST EDITORS EMS Lecturer 2002 - Gianni Dal Maso ........................................................ 8 INTERVIEWS Steen Markvorsen [address as above] Interview with Marek Kordos ....................................................................... 9 SOCIETIES Krzysztof Ciesielski [address as above] Interview with Graham Higman ................................................................. 12 EDUCATION Tony Gardiner The Methodology of Mathematics, part 2 .................................................... 14 University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Mathematical Societies: Norwegian ........................................................... 17 e-mail: [email protected] MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS Mathematical Societies: Estonian .............................................................. 18 Paul Jainta Werkvolkstr. 10 Problem Corner ........................................................................................... 20 D-91126 Schwabach, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Mathematics Education on the Web ............................................................ 23 ANNIVERSARIES Forthcoming Conferences ............................................................................ 24 June Barrow-Green and Jeremy Gray Open University [address as above] Recent Books ............................................................................................... 27 e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] and CONFERENCES Designed and printed by Armstrong Press Limited Kathleen Quinn [address as above] Crosshouse Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 5GZ, UK RECENT BOOKS telephone: (+44) 23 8033 3132 fax: (+44) 23 8033 3134 Ivan Netuka and Vladimir Sou³ek Published by European Mathematical Society Mathematical Institute ISSN 1027 - 488X Charles University Sokolovská 83 The views expressed in this Newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily 18600 Prague, Czech Republic represent those of the EMS or the Editorial team. e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] ADVERTISING OFFICER NOTICE FOR MATHEMATICAL SOCIETIES Vivette Girault Labels for the next issue will be prepared during the second half of November 2001. Laboratoire d’Analyse Numérique Please send your updated lists before then to Ms Tuulikki Mäkeläinen, Department of Mathematics, P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; e-mail: Boite Courrier 187, Université Pierre [email protected] et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE EMS NEWSLETTER e-mail: [email protected] Institutes and libraries can order the EMS Newsletter by mail from the EMS Secretariat, OPEN UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics, P. O. Box 4, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland, or by e- PRODUCTION TEAM mail: ([email protected]). Please include the name and full address (with postal code), tele- Liz Scarna, Kathleen Quinn phone and fax number (with country code) and e-mail address. The annual subscription fee (including mailing) is 65 euros; an invoice will be sent with a sample copy of the Newsletter. EMS September 2001 1 EMS NEWS EMS Committee EMS Agenda EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT (1999–2002) 2001 Prof. ROLF JELTSCH 15 November Seminar for Applied Mathematics Deadline for submission of material for the December issue of the EMS ETH, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland Newsletter e-mail: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENTS Contact: Robin Wilson, e-mail: [email protected] Prof. LUC LEMAIRE (1999–2002) Department of Mathematics 19-21 November Université Libre de Bruxelles C.P. 218 – Campus Plaine EMS lectures at Università degli Studi, Tor Vergata, Rome (Italy) Bld du Triomphe Lecturer: Michèle Vergne (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France) B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium Title: Convex Polytopes e-mail: [email protected] Prof. BODIL BRANNER (2001–2004) Contact: Prof. Maria Welleda Baldoni, e-mail:[email protected] Department of Mathematics Technical University of Denmark 22-23 November Building 303 DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Fifth Diderot Mathematical Forum e-mail: [email protected] Title: Mathematics and Telecommunications SECRETARY (1999–2002) Venues: Eindhoven (Netherlands), Helsinki (Finland) and Lausanne Prof. DAVID BRANNAN Department of Pure Mathematics (Switzerland) The Open University Contacts: Paul Urbach at Philips, Eindhoven ([email protected]); Olavi Walton Hall Nevanlinna, Helskinki University of Technology ([email protected]); Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK e-mail: [email protected] Gerard Ben Arous, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne TREASURER (1999–2002) ([email protected]) Prof. OLLI MARTIO Department of Mathematics P.O. Box 4 2002 FIN-00014 University of Helsinki 9-10 February Finland e-mail: [email protected] EMS Executive Committee Meeting in Brussels (Belgium), at the invitation ORDINARY MEMBERS of the Belgian Mathematical Society and the Université Libre de Bruxelles Prof. VICTOR BUCHSTABER (2001–2004) Department of Mathematics and Mechanics Moscow State University 15 February 119899 Moscow, Russia Deadline for submission of material for the March issue of the EMS Newsletter e-mail: [email protected] Contact: Robin Wilson, e-mail: [email protected] Prof. DOINA CIORANESCU (1999–2002) Laboratoire d’Analyse Numérique Université Paris VI 24-28 February 4 Place Jussieu EMS Summer School in Eilat (Israel) 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France e-mail: [email protected] Title: Computational Algebraic Geometry and Applications Prof. RENZO PICCININI (1999–2002) Contact: Mina Teicher, e-mail: [email protected] Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università di Milano-Bicocca Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 1 March 20126 Milano, Italy Deadline for Proposals for 2003 EMS Lectures. e-mail: [email protected] Contact: David Brannan, e-mail: [email protected] Prof. MARTA SANZ-SOLÉ (1997–2000) Facultat de Matematiques Universitat de Barcelona 31 May Gran Via 585 EMS Executive Committee meeting in Oslo (Norway) E-08007 Barcelona, Spain e-mail: [email protected] Prof. MINA TEICHER (2001–2004) 1-2 June Department of Mathematics and Computer EMS Council Meeting, Oslo Science Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel 3-8 June e-mail: [email protected] Abel Bicentennial Conference, Oslo EMS SECRETARIAT Ms. T. MÄKELÄINEN Department of Mathematics 2004 P.O. Box 4 25-27 June FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Finland EMS Council Meeting, Stockholm (Sweden) tel: (+358)-9-1912-2883 fax: (+358)-9-1912-3213 27 June-2 July telex: 124690 e-mail: [email protected] 4th European Congress of Mathematicians, Stockholm website: http://www.emis.de 2 EMS September 2001 EDITORIAL advisers were elected for this new series: Fabrizio Catanese and Ragnar Winther, and the first volume of the series, authored by EditorialEditorial Nigel Cutland, appeared as LNM 1751 dur- ing 2000. At present, two more volumes have Carles Casacuberta (Barcelona) been submitted, and four are in preparation. (EMS Publications Officer, Chair of the Publications Committee) The Publications Committee Stewart Robertson retired and ended his term Since the foundation of the EMS in 1990, the of office as Chairman of the Publications Society’s publications strategy has been a Committee in April 1997. Marta Sanz-Solé source of lengthy debates, often with divided was elected Chair pro tempore and held this views and energetic standpoints. Yet, a lull position until the end of that year. In October has arrived when most of the former subjects 1997, terms of reference for the Publications of discussion have become realities, while Committee were formally approved; among exciting new ventures are about to start. The other things, it was stated that ‘The recently appointed Managing Director of the Publications Committee has as its main task EMS Publishing House, Thomas to formulate a strategy of publications of the Hintermann, starts his term of office in Society, to suggest and discuss ideas for its September 2001. Before looking into the implementation, and to supervise the devel- future, however, let me shortly review the opment of EMS publications’. The current past. Chair was appointed in 1998 and has been re- elected for 2001 and 2002. The other com- The first steps mittee members are the Publicity Officer The EMS Publications Committee started at (David Salinger), the Editor-in-Chief of JEMS the same meeting that the Society
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