Each year, the Council of the Society considers the election of Honorary Members of the Society from amongst distinguished mathematicians who are not normally resident within the United Kingdom.  The election of Honorary Members is made by Council, subject to confirmation by the Society at an Ordinary Meeting.

There is no statutory limit on the number of Honorary Members that can be elected in any year, and there is no constraint on the time or frequency of such elections. 

2011 Honorary Members

In 2011, the London Mathematical Society elected Professor Nancy Kopell and Professor Yuri Manin to Honorary Membership.
Short citations appear in the September 2011 issue (No.406) of the Society’s Newsletter:

The London Mathematical Society has elected PROFESSOR NANCY KOPELL, of Boston University, to Honorary Membership of the Society, in recognition of her development of methods of dynamical systems, for applications to diverse important problems concerning the self-organization of physical and biological systems. Of particular importance is her work on pattern formation in oscillating chemical systems, on the neural networks governing rhythmic motor activities in animals, and her ongoing work on the brain dynamics underlying various cognitive functions.

The London Mathematical Society has elected PROFESSOR YURI MANIN, of Northwestern University, to Honorary Membership of the Society, in recognition of his many distinguished contributions to algebraic geometry, non-commutative geometry, number theory, and mathematical physics.

Full citations for Professor Kopell and Professor Manin will appear in the LMS Bulletin.

• Full list of Honorary Members (PDF)