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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Mathematics maintains its popularity at A-level

The popularity of Mathematics at A-level continues with another increase in the number of Mathematics entries across the UK. The number of students sitting the exam is up 2.5% on last year to 97,627. This continues to be a welcome trend for...

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Hannah Fry awarded 2018 Zeeman Medal

We are delighted to announce that the Councils of the IMA and LMS have awarded the Christopher Zeeman Medal in 2018 to Dr Hannah Fry of University College London, for her contributions to the public understanding of the mathematical sciences....

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ICM 2018 News from Plus Magazine

The London Mathematical Society is pleased to include News and Articles from Plus Magazine who are covering the ICM 2018 in Brazil.

Please see below for the selection of articles and news coming from ICM 2018.

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UK home grown Kurdish mathematician wins Fields Medal

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) would like to congratulate this year’s Fields Medalists, in particular UK based mathematician Professor Caucher Birkar (University of Cambridge) who has received his award for his ‘proof of the boundedness of...

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BCS-FACS Evening Seminar 2018

The next LMS/BCS-FACS Evening Seminar will be held on 1 November 2018 at 6:00pm. Bill Roscoe will speak on 'Verifying CSP and its offspring'.

Email lmscomputerscience@lms.ac.uk to register your attendance. Further details can be found at...

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Recipients of the Royal Society Kavli Education Medal and Sylvester Medal

The LMS would like to warmly congratulate Professor Alice Rogers OBE on receiving the Royal Society’s Kavli Education Medal 2018, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to mathematics education.

The medal will be formally awarded...

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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.