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 Honorary Member shares 2017 Shaw Prize

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) congratulates LMS Honorary Member Claire Voisin, Professor and Chair in Algebraic Geometry, Collège de France, who is the joint winner of the 2017 Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences. Professor Voisin...

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LMS Members elected FRS

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) would like to extend its warmest congratulations to LMS Members Professors Mark Gross (University of Cambridge) and Lawrence Paulson (Professor of Computational Logic, University of Cambridge) on being...

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French mathematician awarded the 2017 Abel Prize

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2017 Abel Prize to Yves Meyer, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, France "for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets".

The President of...

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Mathematicians present research in Parliament

Three mathematicians have won medals and awards at a competition in the House of Commons for the excellence of their mathematics research, walking away with a £3000, £2000 and £1000 prize for Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively. Dr James Grogan...

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Mathematician receives top honour

Professor Martin Hairer FRS, University of Warwick, has been awarded an honorary KBE. The award of Knight Commander, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire rewards ‘contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare...

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Abel in Barcelona

The Institut d'Estudis Catalans will host the Abel in Barcelona event on Monday 16th January. The event will take place alongside the final meeting of the Abel committee, which will select the Abel Prize Laureate for 2017. There will be an...

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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.