The London Mathematical Society

The London Mathematical Society is the major UK learned society for mathematics. The Society's activities include publishing journals and books, providing grants to support mathematics and organising scientific meetings and lectures.

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Women in Mathematics Committee Chair on BBC Woman’s Hour

Professor Gwyneth Stallard, Chair of the LMS Women in Mathematics Committee, and Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, and Dr Eugenia Cheng, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Sheffield appeared on BBC Radio 4’s...

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Forthcoming Women in Mathematics Day

The next Women in Mathematics Day will be a two-day event on 18th-19th April and will be held at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. Sessions will include talks by women mathematicians at different career stages and a poster session.  Some...

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LMS Website Development

Website Development
Over the last year the focus has been on developments to the Society’s website which enable members to engage more directly with the site and improve navigation within the site.  The list below includes some of the main...

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House of Commons Launch of Good Practice Report

The LMS launched its report Advancing women in mathematics: good practice in UK university departments at the House of Commons on 27th February.

The event was hosted by Andrew Miller MP, Dr Julian Huppert MP and Stephen Metcalfe MP, with...

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Lisa Jardine celebrates the genius of Mary Cartwright

The BBC broadcast a programme on Radio 4 on Sunday 11 March 2013, presented by the distinguished historian Professor Lisa Jardine, about the outstanding achievements of Mary Cartwright, the first female President of the LMS. You can listen to the...

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Mary Cartwright Lecture and Society Meeting

The 2013 Mary Cartwright Lecture was held on 1 March 2013 at De Morgan House.

Professor Margaret Wright (Courant Institute, NYU)
A Mathematical Journey in Non-Derivative Optimization

Professor Jeff Lagarias (University of...

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