The Society's Charter, Statutes, and By-Laws are currently under review, and draft proposals for amendments have been sent to Members for their comments.
Comments can be made either on the consultation blog which has been set up for the purpose, or by email direct to charter@lms.ac.uk.
The mathematical sciences community welcomes this report, which clearly demonstrates the importance of mathematics and its impact across an exceptionally wide range of disciplines, technologies and industries.
Professor Sir John Ball FRS (University of Oxford) past-President (1996-1998) of the London Mathematical Society has received the 2018 King Faisal International Prize (Science). The Society extends its congratulations to Sir John on receiving this award. The Prize is awarded by the King Faisal Foundation and the Science subcategories cover a range of disciplines, alternating between physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, with the Prize for Science first awarded in 1984.
The Royal Society has released details of its newly elected Fellows, among whom are LMS members Professor John King (Nottingham) and Professor Reidun Twarock (York). Professor King was awarded the LMS Naylor Prize and Lectureship in 2017 and Professor Twarock contributed to the film 'Thinking Space', a documentary on how mathematicians think across a broad range of fields. Prof. Twarock's contribution can be found here.
The Science Library at University College London, which houses the LMS library and journals, is undergoing some major refurbishment/building work this summer, and will be closed to all patrons from 9 June to 5 August.
The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) has now formally transitioned into the Learned Societies Forum (LSF) of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
The CMS played a pivotal role in uniting the Learned Societies and laying the groundwork for the Academy. Its transition into the LSF is a natural evolution, reinforcing the Academy’s role as the national voice for the mathematical sciences while strengthening vital partnership across the breadth of the community.