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The London Mathematical Society (LMS), founded in 1865, is the UK's learned society for the advancement, dissemination and promotion of #mathematics.
De Morgan House, London
Joined August 2014
Another quick update of our Linktree, with the latest news of all our news, events, grants, publications news and more in one handy place 👇 .
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#May12 is a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, held to comemmorate the late Maryam Mirzakhani. @hollykrieger is discusing the life and work of Maryam for the LMS/@greshamcollege Lecture, taking place on 24 May 👇 . #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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Alan Turing - mathematician, computer scientist and wartime code-breaker - will appear on the new @bankofengland £50 banknote. #Turing50 #thinkscience
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✨ Just four weeks until the annual LMS/@GreshamCollege Lecture!. @hollykrieger will be discussing the life and work of Maryam Mirzakhani, who left an astonishing mathematical legacy at her untimely death in 2017. Free event, all welcome. RSVP below 👇.
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Congratulations to Hannah Fry, who has been awarded the 2018 LMS-IMA Christopher Zeeman Medal for her many contributions towards public engagement of maths. Full details at @FryRsquared @IMAmaths.
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Born on this day in 1977, Maryam Mirzakhani was known for her outstanding contributions to topology, geometry and dynamical systems. In 2014 she became the first woman to receive the Fields Medal. She was made an honorary member of @LondMathSoc in 2015.
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🎉 Just 1️⃣ week until the annual LMS/@GreshamCollege Lecture!. @hollykrieger will be discussing the life and work of Maryam Mirzakhani, who left an astonishing mathematical legacy at her untimely death in 2017. Free event, online/in-person, all welcome.
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💐 Just 2️⃣ weeks until the annual LMS/@GreshamCollege Lecture!. @hollykrieger will be discussing the life and work of Maryam Mirzakhani, who left an astonishing mathematical legacy at her untimely death in 2017 . Free event, online/in-person, all welcome.
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John Nash, one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century who was awarded both the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Abel Prize, was born on this day in 1928. This BBC documentary featuring @TimHarford celebrates his life and achievements.
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The LMS notes with great concern the military situation in Ukraine and the likely impact on the 2022 ICM. The Society, as the Adhering Organisation to the IMU for the UK, no longer plans to send delegates to the ICM. Read the full statement at
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"Mirzakhani could be private and retiring, but she was also indomitable and energetic, especially at the blackboard". On #May12, it's always worth revisiting this wonderful @NewYorker portrait of Maryam Mirzakhani by @sioroberts. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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"Mirzakhani could be private and retiring, but she was also indomitable and energetic, especially at the blackboard". On #May12, it's always worth revisiting this wonderful @NewYorker portrait of Maryam Mirzakhani by @sioroberts. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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The new £50 note has been issued today by @bankofengland featuring Alan #Turing. The @LondMathSoc helped with the design of the note and continues to celebrate his pioneering contribution to mathematics. #TheNew50 #PrideinTuring #LGBTQSTEM
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✨ Announcing our joint event w/ @IMAmaths on 'The Mathematical Foundation of AI', taking place on 13 Oct at @DeMorganHouse and via Zoom. Free event, all welcome!. Feat. @mmbronstein @LisaMKreusser @GittaKutyniok, David Saad (@AstonEPS) and @petarv_93. ➡️
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The @LondMathSoc would like to congratulate cyclist and @EPFL_en mathematician @AnnaKiesenhofer on her outstanding achievement on winning gold in the Women's Cycling Road Race @Tokyo2020.
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Happy Birthday to Isaac Newton, born #OnThisDay (current calendar dates) in 1643. During his life, Newton discovered the laws of gravity, the nature of white light and calculus and his wider discoveries and inventions have, ultimately, changed the way we view the universe.
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✨Timings for the 'Mathematical Foundations of AI', conference on 13 Oct are confirmed. Hosted w/ @imamaths and feat. @mmbronstein @LisaMKreusser @GittaKutyniok, David Saad and @petarv_93. In-person registration is full but you can join us on Zoom!. ➡️
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Congratulations to @londmathsoc member Prof Bryan Birch who has been awarded the @royalsociety Sylvester Medal. His work has driven the theory of elliptic curves, through the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture and the theory of Heegner points. #RSMedals
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We are delighted to report that Professor Caroline Mary Series FRS, former LMS President and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick, has been awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours, for services to mathematics. ➡️
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The London Mathematical Society @LondMathSoc is pleased to announce Ulrike Tillmann FRS, Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford @OxUniMaths as President Designate.
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Today is #May12, a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, marking the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, who passed away at the age of 40. Dozens of events are taking place all across the world ➡️ . #WomenInMaths #May12 #May12WIM
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Born on this day in 1777, Carl Friedrich Gauss is regarded as one of the most prominent mathematicians in history. He made ground-breaking contributions to many fields including number theory, algebra, differential geometry, mechanics and statistics.
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🎉 Apply for a grant! 🎉 . We have dozens of grants and fellowships open to mathematicians at all career stages and we've compiled them all onto one handy page. ➡️
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‘The miracle that disrupts order’: mathematicians invent new ‘Einstein’ shape
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Happy Pi Day/International Day of Mathematics! Did you know Pi is the most studied number in mathematics, and has uses in physics, astronomy, architecture and construction? Find out more, and access resources for students and teachers, at
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"Maths is critical to the future success of our nation’s young people, and we greatly welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to strengthening the provision of maths teaching.". Read our statement on the PM's vision for 'Maths to 18' ➡️
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Congratulations to French mathematician Michel Talagrand, who has won the 2024 Abel Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis.
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Congratulations to mathematician and modern pentathlete @JoeChoongy on his historic gold medal victory #Tokyo2020.
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#May12 is a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, held to commemorate the late Maryam Mirzakhani. @hollykrieger discussing the life and work of Maryam for the LMS/@greshamcollege Lecture, which took place in May 2023 👇 . #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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We've uploaded the talks from @mmbronstein, @LisaMKreusser, @GittaKutyniok, David Saad and @petarv_93 from our recent Joint Meeting with @IMAmaths on 'The Mathematical Foundations of AI'. Watch these and 280+ more videos on our YouTube channel 👇 .
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Next up in 15min it's Maryna Viazovska, who received a Fields Medal for her result on sphere packings. If it's anything like previous talks we have seen she will have beautiful slides. Live stream here:
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Congratulations to LMS member Sir Roger Penrose who has been awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics 'for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity'.
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#May12 is a celebration of women in mathematics and this piece by @FryRsquared on Ada Lovelace is a tribute to one of the most important figures in the early history of the computer. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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Less than 3 weeks until this year's Popular Lectures at @unibirmingham: 20 September! Details and registration here
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🎉 Join us for our special Hardy Lecture 2023 with Sir Roger Penrose and @evamirandag!. 🗓️ Fri 30 June.🕰️ 15:30-18:15 (BST).📍 @MaryWardHouse, London and online. Register for free ➡️
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Sophie Bryant, one of the first women to obtain a degree with first class honours, was the first woman to have a paper published in the London Mathematical Society Proceedings – our flagship journal and one of our many eminent publications. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM #May12
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Today is International #WomenInMaths Day, which is held on the birth-date of Maryam Mirzakhani. Virtual and local events will be held around the world celebrating women in mathematics. #May12 #May12WIM
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Congratulations to Karen Uhlenbeck @londmathsoc Honorary Member and first woman to win the Abel Prize. #AbelPrize
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The @LondMathSoc has published a statement concerning the University of Leicester consultation over a proposal to reduce the size of its Pure Mathematics Group to be teaching only. The full statement is available at
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Congratulations to @LondMathSoc member Prof Julia Gog who has been awarded the prestigious @royalsociety Rosalind Franklin Award and Lectureship for her work in mathematics and disease modelling #RSMedals
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Dr Nira Chamberlain @ch_nira has given a fascinating and inspirational insight into his own journey to becoming a professional mathematician and some of the great black mathematicians - past and present. 'Mathematics is truly for everybody'. #BlackHeroesMaths #BlackHistoryMonth
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Congratulations to @LondMathSoc Member, Professor Julia Gog (University of Cambridge) @FacultyMaths for her award of an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 'for services to academia and the COVID-19 response'.
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New £50 banknote will include mathematical excerpts from Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society #ProcLMS extracted from Alan Turing’s article ‘On computable numbers’. More info at
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This #May12, revisit the @BBCInOurTime episode on Emmy Noether, discussing the ideas and life of one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Feat. Colva Roney Dougal, David Berman and Elizabeth Mansfield . #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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A second call for applications for the 2023 Emmy Noether Fellowships is now open! . Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are open to mathematicians with current or recent caring responsibilities. For further details➡️ (with thanks to the Liber Stiftung)
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Study shows we like our math like we like our art: beautiful
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🎉 Apply for a grant! 🎉 . We have dozens of grants and fellowships open to mathematicians at all career stages and we've compiled them all onto one handy page 👇 .
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✨ Down to our final few in-person tickets for 'The Mathematical Foundations of AI', taking place on 13 Oct at @DeMorganHouse and via Zoom. Hosted w/ @imamaths and feat. @mmbronstein @LisaMKreusser @GittaKutyniok, David Saad (@AstonEPS) and @petarv_93. ➡️
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Nice article by @standupmaths on the five best maths books, feat. @wwmgt @FryRsquared @SLSingh @robeastaway, Jeremy Wyndham and @CCriadoPerez.
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Fields Medal winner Professor Peter Scholze signs the LMS Members' Book after receiving his Honorary Membership from LMS President Professor Caroline Series at the #ICM2018 in Rio de Janeiro
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LMS Popular Lectures 2017: Prof David Tong to talk on 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Physics in Mathematics'
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For those who can't attend in person, we have just opened online registration, so you can watch the event via Zoom!. Free event, all welcome, register here ➡️
🎉 Join us for our special Hardy Lecture 2023 with Sir Roger Penrose and @evamirandag, including drinks reception and society dinner. 🗓️ Fri 30 June, from 15:30.🕰️ 15:30-18:15 (BST) .📍 @MaryWardHouse, London and online. All welcome! Register for free ➡️
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The second call for applications for the 2023 Emmy Noether Fellowships ends on Sunday 28 May. Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are open to mathematicians with current or recent caring responsibilities. For further details ➡️
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Today is #May12, a worldwide celebration of women in mathematics, marking the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, who passed away at the age of 40. Dozens of events are taking place all across the world ➡️ . #WomenInMaths #May12 #May12WIM
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🎉 Join us for our special Hardy Lecture 2023 with Sir Roger Penrose and @evamirandag, including drinks reception and society dinner. 🗓️ Fri 30 June, from 15:30.🕰️ 15:30-18:15 (BST) .📍 @MaryWardHouse, London and online. All welcome! Register for free ➡️
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This year's Joint @LondMathSoc @GreshamCollege Annual Lecture, The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani, presented by Dr Holly Krieger @Cambridge_Uni is on 28 May @MuseumofLondon.
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🎉 Join us for the Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference on 3 and 4 October. Celebrating the inspirational contributions of black role models in maths. Feat. @luke_phys @fatuhaire12 @Mathter @thetobigeorge + more!. Free event, all welcome. RSVP ➡️
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The International Mathematical Union (IMU) has announced that the 40th General Conference of UNESCO has proclaimed that March 14 (pi day 3.14) will from now on be the International Day of Mathematics (IDM). More details at
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#May12 is a celebration of women in mathematics and this piece by @FryRsquared on Ada Lovelace is a tribute to one of the most important figures in the early history of the computer. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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🎉 Join us for our special Hardy Lecture 2023 with Sir Roger Penrose and @evamirandag!. 🗓️ Fri 30 June.🕰️ 15:30-18:15 (BST).📍 @MaryWardHouse, London and online. Register for free ➡️
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A big thank you to all who participated in the Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference. A truly enlightening and inspirational two days. All the presentations and panel discussions will be available at #BlackHeroesMaths #BlackHistoryMonth
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BBC News - Alan Turing's notebook goes on display at Bletchley Park
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LMS President Ulrike Tillmann has been elected as one of two IMU Vice-Presidents. We know the IMU will benefit greatly, as we do, from her experience and tremendous passion for building strong relationships in the maths community. Congratulations to Ulrike!.
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Professor Dame Mary Cartwright, who died on this day in 1998 became the first woman President of the London Mathematical Society @londmathsoc in 1961. A pioneer in mathematics she was one of the first to study chaos theory.
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The @LondMathSoc and @IMAmaths are delighted to announce that the 2021 David Crighton Medal has been awarded to LMS Past President Professor Caroline Series.
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On Thursday 24th Jan Colva-Roney Dougal and Liz Mansfield will be in conversation with Melvyn Bragg on @BBCRadio4 'In Our Time' about Emmy Noether. 9am and 9,30pm. Podcast available afterwards
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Many congratulations to all four 2018 Fields Medallists - in particular Prof. Caucher Birkar (Cambridge), awarded a 2018 LMS Whitehead Prize, and Prof. Peter Scholze (Bonn), elected an Honorary Member of the LMS this year
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Registration is open for the LMS Popular Lectures on 24 June 2021. Join us to hear people movement expert Aoife Hunt @movementstrat talk about the maths of crowd behaviour and James Maynard @OxUniMaths looking at the patterns in the primes. Register at
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The @LondMathSoc would like to congratulate Honorary Member Cheryl Praeger on being made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest honour in the Australia Day Awards
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We are delighted to announce that the @IMAmaths @LondMathSoc 2020 Christopher Zeeman Medal has been awarded to Matt Parker @standupmaths. The Medal is the UK award dedicated to recognising excellence in the communication of mathematics.
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Thank you @royalsociety! Here's to many more years working to increase diversity in maths. #RSDiversity
Our inaugural Athena Prize goes to @LondMathSoc for increasing gender diversity in mathematics #RSDiversity
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📅 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝟯 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 1️⃣ 'Mathematical Foundations of AI' conference, hosted w/ @imamaths taking place TOMORROW!. Feat. @mmbronstein @LisaMKreusser @GittaKutyniok, David Saad and @petarv_93. Join the waiting list or watch on Zoom!. ➡️
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A full house to celebrate 100 years of Noether’s Conservation Laws at the Joint LMS-IMA Meeting @IMAmaths @DeMorganHouse @womeninmaths #noether100
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Magic numbers: can maths equations be beautiful?
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🎉 Join us for the Hardy Lecture 2023, a special evening w/ Sir Roger Penrose and @evamirandag, including drinks reception and society dinner. 🗓️ Fri 30 Jun, from 15:30.📍 @MaryWardHouse, London and online via Zoom . All welcome!. Register for free ➡️
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On this year's International #WomenInMathsDay we remember #PhilippaFawcett, the first woman to score the highest mark in Cambridge University's 1890 Mathematical Tripos, thus entering the feminist narrative on the capabilities and intellect of women, introduced by the suffrage.
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The International Day of Mathematics is taking place on 14 March. The theme for this year is Mathematics is Everywhere. To find out about all of the exciting activities planned, visit
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🌈 Learn how to communicate maths effectively in these brilliant workshops from experts @stecks and @SparksMaths, helping you deliver interactive and engaging sessions to different audiences. 📅 14/15 June.🕰️ 09:30-16:00 (BST).📍 @DeMorganHouse + online.🎟️
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The second call for applications for the 2023 Emmy Noether Fellowships ends TOMORROW (28 May). Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are open to mathematicians with current or recent caring responsibilities. For further details ➡️
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As #PrideMonth2023 comes to an end, the LMS extends love and solidarity to all LGBTQ+ people living and fighting in an increasingly hostile world.
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Congratulations to Prof. Pauline Barrieu (@LSEnews) , winner of the 2018 Louis Bachelier prize for her contributions to mathematical modeling in finance
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The LMS and @IMAmaths are delighted to award the 2023 David Crighton Medal to Professor Alison Etheridge (@OxUniMaths), for her extensive service both to mathematics and the mathematics community. Full statement ➡️
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This #May12, revisit the @BBCInOurTime episode on Emmy Noether, discussing the ideas and life of one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Feat. Colva Roney Dougal, David Berman and Elizabeth Mansfield . #WomenInMaths #May12WIM.
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"Once asked to list her accomplishments, Dr Granville said: “First of all, showing that women can do mathematics.” Then she added: “Being an African American woman, letting people know that we have brains, too.”. RIP Dr Evelyn Boyd Granville.
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Fantastic news for mathematics in today’s Autumn Statement as the Government announces funding worth up to £6 million for the establishment of an Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. Full story 👇 .
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The LMS's Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics (CWDM) is undertaking a review to consider the current range of CWDM grants it offers and would appreciate any input via this survey by 20 March. Please RT/boost to help us get more results. ➡️
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Pleased to announce the 2024 Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting and Hirst Lecture. Speakers: Erhard Scholz, Jeremy Gray. @mathshistory. 🗓️ Fri 26 Apr 2024.⏰ 14:00 (GMT).📍 @DeMorganHouse and online via Zoom.🎟️ Free entry, all welcome!. ➡️
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Sophie Bryant, one of the first women to obtain a degree with first class honours, was the first woman to have a paper published in the London Mathematical Society Proceedings – our flagship journal and one of our many eminent publications. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM #May12
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The annual LMS/@GreshamCollege lecture is TONIGHT!. @hollykrieger will be discussing the life and work of Maryam Mirzakhani, who left an astonishing maths legacy at her untimely death in 2017. In person tickets sold out but there is a live stream 👇.
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We are Black Heroes of Mathematics!. A special online conference celebrating the inspirational contributions of black role models in maths this #BlackHistoryMonth. Stars tomorrow, free event - all welcome!. @BhmUK @imamaths @mathshistory @ch_nira. ➡️
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Congratulations to the 2020 @LondMathSoc Prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics.
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LMS President Professor Caroline Series and past LMS President Sir Michael Atiyah in conversation with Fields Medalist Professor Caucher Birkar #ICM2018
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'Just as literacy is a necessary requisite to enjoy the richness and benefits of literature,' says LMS President Ulrike Tilmann, 'so numeracy is just the key to unlocking the many wonders that mathematics provides.' You can read more by following the link.
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Congratulations to Professor June Barrow-Green @OpenUniversity on her award of the @royalsociety 2021 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture. #WomenInSTEM
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Our Undergraduate Summer Schools are for UK maths students who are considering a PhD and want to learn more about different topics of modern maths. The 2023 programme includes 7 mini-courses, 6 colloquium talks and 8 PhD student talks. Register for free:
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Congratulations to Nancy Scherich of @ucsantabarbara, overall winner of the Dance Your Ph.D. competition with her incredible interpretation of her research in braid theory!
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Many congratulations to James Maynard and Ana Caraiani, UK winners of the 2023 New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes, awarded for early-career achievements in physics and maths
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We are Black Heroes of Mathematics!. A special online conference celebrating the inspirational contributions of black role models in maths this #BlackHistoryMonth. 3-4 October, free event - all welcome!. @BhmUK @imamaths @mathshistory @ch_nira. ➡️
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