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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LMS statement regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

The London Mathematical Society has issued the following advice relating to COVID-19 (Coronavirus):

GRANTS

Where events that are funded by grants from the Society are cancelled because of the Coronavirus situation, LMS Grant-holders...

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2020 Abel Prize winners announced

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2020 Abel Prize jointly to Hillel Furstenberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Gregory Margulis, Yale University, ‘for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in...

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Freeman J. Dyson (1923–2020)

It is with sadness that the London Mathematical Society (LMS) learned of the death of Freeman Dyson. Up until his death, Dyson was the longest-serving LMS Member, being elected to Membership in 1943 and becoming an Honorary Member in 2000.

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Virtual Launch: International Day of Mathematics 2020

The UNESCO international official launch planned for Friday, March 13, 2020 has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 epidemic. For the same reason, the Next Einstein Forum 2020 (March 10-13, 2020) in Nairobi, Kenya, that included the African...

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LMS-IMA David Crighton Award: Lecture and Medal Presentation 2020

Update 17th March 2020: please note that, owing to the ongoing situation with COVID-19/Coronavirus, this event has been postponed. Any future updates regarding the event will be announced on the LMS and IMA website in due course.

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Gender Gap in Science Project: Final report

The International Science Council (ISC) Gender Gap in Science project has announced the publication of its final report A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences .

The three-year project (2017–...

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Frames Of Mind

This is a collection of short extracts from the film “Thinking Space”, made by Heidi Morstang for The London Mathematical Society

The film features nine UK-based mathematicians offering insights into their mathematical thinking across a broad range of mathematical research fields. Through explorations of their various thought processes, the film portrays mathematicians who are grappling with advanced mathematical ideas. We are presented with the concepts of imagination, intuition, and wonder, as well as rigorous mathematical deduction. Please note that you are not necessarily expected to follow the mathematics being discussed: these extracts are about the mathematicians themselves, and the way they think.