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November 2011 LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER No. 408 November 2011 Society ANNUAL GENERAL candidate for the Education Meetings Secretary post. There are six MEETING vacancies for Members-at-Large and Events The Annual General Meeting of of Council, for which a total the Society will be held at 3.00 of ten candidates have been 2011 pm on Friday 18 November 2011 proposed (nine by Nominating Friday 18 November in the Jeffrey Hall at the Institute Committee, one by members). Annual General of Education, 20 Bedford Way, Four names have been pro- Meeting, London London WC1H 0AL. posed (all by Nominating Com- [pages 1, 3] The business shall be: mittee) for two vacancies in the 1. elections to Council and Nomi- membership of the Nominating Friday 18 November nating Committee Committee. Graduate Student 2. the report of the President on Please note that completed Meeting, London 1 annual activity ballot papers must be returned [page 2] 3. the report of the Treasurer by Thursday 10 November 2011. 4. the adoption of the Trustees Members should have received 2012 Report for 2010/11 the following: Friday 24 February 5. appointment of Auditors • a pink (folded A4) ballot Mary Cartwright 6. presentation of certificates to paper for the elections to Lecture, London LMS prizewinners. Council [page 21] It is hoped that as many mem- • a blue A5 ballot paper for bers as possible will be able to elections to Nominating 26–30 March attend. Committee LMS Invited Lectures, Fiona Nixon • a white A5 booklet of Glasgow [page 19] Executive Secretary biographical details of 6 June candidates Northern Regional • a white return envelope Meeting, Newcastle 2011 ELECTIONS If you are missing any of these items please contact Duncan 29 June TO COUNCIL AND Turton at DMH (nominations@ Meeting and Hardy NOMINATING lms.ac.uk). Lecture, London A separate form for suggest- COMMITTEE ing names to the Nominating The ballot papers for the No- Committee for potential candi- vember elections to Council and dates for the 2012 elections was Nominating Committee were also included with the October NEWSLETTER circulated with the October Newsletter. Members will still be Newsletter. Nominating Com- able to make direct nominations ONLINE: mittee put forward names for for which details will be given in Go to www.lms.ac.uk/ each Officer post; in addition the April and May Newsletters newsletter members proposed a further next year. November-NL.indd 1 10/26/2011 3:20:38 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY GRADUATE STUDENT MEETING Friday 18 November 2011 Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E This meeting is intended as an introduction to the Society Meeting later in the day. All graduate students (and indeed any other mathematicians) will be very welcome. 9.30 Coffee and Registration 10.00 Gareth Jones (Manchester) An introduction to o-minimality 11.00 Coffee/Tea 2 11.15 Graduate student talks 12.45 Lunch 13.30 Award of prizes 13.35 Susan Hezlet (LMS Publisher) How to get your papers published 13.45 Vincenzo Mantova (Pisa/Oxford) Title TBC 14.15 Adam Harris (Oxford) Title TBC 14.45 Move to Jeffrey Hall, IoE, for LMS meeting (see below and opposite) The lectures will be held in Room Mal G16, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E and a sandwich lunch will be provided. For directions see: www.bbk.ac.uk/images/centrallondon.pdf. Students are invited to give short talks (15 minutes) aimed at a general mathematical audience. Prizes will be awarded for the best two talks. If you would like to give a talk, please email Elizabeth Fisher ([email protected]). To register, please email Elizabeth Fisher ([email protected]) by Friday 11 November. Limited funds are available to help with students’ travel costs, if they are also attending the afternoon meeting (see below). ANNUAL DINNER The graduate event will be followed by an LMS Society Meeting starting at The 2011 Annual Dinner will be held after the 15.00, which is open to all. Angus Macintyre will give the Presidential address Annual General Meeting at 7.30 pm on Friday on The logic of the real, complex and perfect exponentials, and Alex Wilkie 18 November 2011 at The Russell Hotel, (Manchester) will speak on Polynomials, quasipolynomials and o-minimality. London WC1. The cost for members and their guests is £45 per person, which is for a three- For further details see: www.lms.ac.uk/content/society-meetings. course meal and wine. Members wishing to attend should make cheques payable to November-NL.indd 2 10/26/2011 3:20:38 PM www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] No. 408 November 2011 LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY GRADUATE STUDENT MEETING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Friday 18 November 2011 Friday 18 November 2011 Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E Jeffrey Hall, Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL (Nearest tube: Russell Square) This meeting is intended as an introduction to the Society Meeting later in the day. All graduate students (and indeed any other mathematicians) will Programme: be very welcome. 3.00–3.30 Annual General Meeting 9.30 Coffee and Registration 3.30–4.30 Alex Wilkie (Manchester) 10.00 Gareth Jones (Manchester) An introduction to o-minimality Polynomials, quasipolynomials and o-minimality 11.00 Coffee/Tea 4.30–4.55 Tea 11.15 Graduate student talks 3 12.45 Lunch 4.55–5.00 Announcement of Election Results 13.30 Award of prizes 5.00–6.00 Angus Macintyre (LMS President) 13.35 Susan Hezlet (LMS Publisher) How to get your papers published Presidential Address: 13.45 Vincenzo Mantova (Pisa/Oxford) Title TBC The logic of the real, complex and perfect exponentials 14.15 Adam Harris (Oxford) Title TBC 14.45 Move to Jeffrey Hall, IoE, for LMS meeting (see below and opposite) The meeting will include the presentation of certificates to the 2011 LMS prize winners. The lectures will be held in Room Mal G16, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E and a sandwich lunch will be provided. For directions see: The meeting will be followed by a reception at De Morgan House. www.bbk.ac.uk/images/centrallondon.pdf. Funds are available to contribute in part to the expenses of members of the Students are invited to give short talks (15 minutes) aimed at a general Society or research students to attend the meeting. Requests for support and mathematical audience. Prizes will be awarded for the best two talks. If you any other queries about the AGM should be sent to Elizabeth Fisher would like to give a talk, please email Elizabeth Fisher ([email protected]). ([email protected]). To register, please email Elizabeth Fisher ([email protected]) by Friday 11 November. Limited funds are available to help with students’ travel costs, if they are also attending the afternoon meeting (see below). ANNUAL DINNER The graduate event will be followed by an LMS Society Meeting starting at The 2011 Annual Dinner will be held after the ‘London Mathematical Society’ and also indi- 15.00, which is open to all. Angus Macintyre will give the Presidential address Annual General Meeting at 7.30 pm on Friday cate if they have any dietary requirements and on The logic of the real, complex and perfect exponentials, and Alex Wilkie 18 November 2011 at The Russell Hotel, send to: Leanne Marshall, London Mathemati- (Manchester) will speak on Polynomials, quasipolynomials and o-minimality. London WC1. The cost for members and their cal Society, De Morgan House, 57–58 Russell guests is £45 per person, which is for a three- Square, London WC1B 4HS. Payment should For further details see: www.lms.ac.uk/content/society-meetings. course meal and wine. Members wishing arrive by Monday 7 November. Any queries to attend should make cheques payable to should be sent to [email protected]. November-NL.indd 3 10/26/2011 3:20:38 PM LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter [email protected] LMS PRIZES 2012 • The Fröhlich Prize for original and LMS BERWICK PRIZE AND extremely innovative work in any branch Call for Nominations SENIOR BERWICK PRIZES of mathematics The London Mathematical Society welcomes • The Whitehead Prizes for work in and Changes to Regulations nominations for the 2012 prizes to recog- influence on mathematics nise and celebrate the achievements in and The Prizes Committee is keen to increase Since the 1940s, the Society has offered contributions to all aspects of mathematics, the number of nominations it receives and, Berwick Prizes in recognition of a piece of including applied mathematics, mathematical in particular, the number of nominations for research actually published by the LMS. The physics and mathematical aspects of compu- women, which are disproportionately low prize itself was named after Professor W.E.H. ter science. each year. The prize regulations refer to the Berwick, who donated money to the LMS for In 2012 the LMS Council expects to award: concept of ‘academic age’ – rather than date the purpose. The Berwick Prize is specifically • The Pólya Prize in recognition of outstand- of birth – in order to take account more fully for younger mathematician(s), whilst the Sen- ing creativity in, imaginative exposition of, of broken career patterns. ior Berwick Prize has no restrictions on age and or distinguished contribution to, mathemat- For further information and nomination is intended for established mathematicians. ics within the United Kingdom forms, please visit the LMS website (www. Following the terms of the bequest, the • The Senior Berwick Prize in recognition of lms.ac.uk/content/nominations-lms-prizes) prize has previously been open only to mem- a piece of mathematical research of the or contact Elizabeth Fisher, Secretary to the bers of the Society and has usually been highest quality actually published by the Prizes Committee at the Society (tel: 020 7291 interpreted as being open only to a single 4 Society during the last eight years 9973, email: [email protected]).
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