- History
- LMS Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting & Hirst Lecture
- Previous Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meetings
Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meetings were one-day events of Survey Lectures for a general mathematical audience, which may be attached to either meetings or symposia on specialist topics.
The events were formerly named Spitalfields Days and these meetings are in honour of the Spitalfields Mathematical Society, a precursor of the London Mathematical Society, which flourished from 1717 to 1845.
The Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, the Mathematics Research Centre in Warwick, the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh, and, from time to time, other Mathematics Departments, hold meetings or symposia on specialist topics, which are attended by eminent mathematicians from overseas. The Society thought that it was important for recent developments in these specialist topics to be made known to the general mathematical community, and, in particular, to research students. It therefore provided funds to the organisers of these meetings so that they could provide a day of survey lectures, accessible to a general mathematical audience.
LMS Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting & Hirst Lecture
Owing to changes in the Society's programme of activities, from 2023-24 onwards, the Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meetings are now combined with the Hirst Lecture so that the biennial LMS Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting & Hirst Lecture is held in even-numbered years. The Hirst Lecture is given by the Hirst Prize-winner and the Hirst Prize is awarded in odd-numbered years with the Hirst Lecture given in the following even-numbered years.
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Location
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Topic
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Speakers
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| 14 May 2021 | Online, hosted by the ICMS | LMS Spitalfields History of Mathematics Meeting: Educational Times Digital Archive Launch, held in partnership with UCL Special Collections |
Tony Rawlins (Brunel) Norman Biggs (LSE) Sloan Despeaux (Western Carolina University) |
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29 May 2015
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York
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Pekka Lahti (Turku, Finland)
Quantum Incompatibility
Reinhard Werner (Hannover, Germany)
Measurement Uncertainty Relations
Madalin Guta (Nottingham)
Spectral Thresholding Quantum Tomography for Low Rank States
Paul Busch (York)
Quantum Measurement Uncertainty – A Simple Demonstration
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23 July 2014
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INI, Cambridge
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Professor Mark Groves (Loughborough, Saarland)
Professor Guido Schneider (Stuttgart)
Professor Steve Shkoller (Oxford)
Dr Eugene Varvaruca (Reading)
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9 January 2012
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INI, Cambridge
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Dr George Barmpalias
Professor Anuj Dawar Professor Nigel Smart Professor Hugh Woodin |
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5 May 2011
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INI, Cambridge
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Max Lieblich
Alina Marian Yukinobu Toda Anna Wienhard |
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17 September 2010
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Edinburgh
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Geometry & Algebra
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Sir Michael Atiyah
Friedrich Hirzebruch |
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17 May 2010
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Cardiff
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Noncommutative Geometry and Physics
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Terry Gannon
Nigel Higson |
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30 October 2009
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INI, Cambridge
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Tobias Berger
Fred Diamond Kevin Buzzard Jayanta Manoharmayum |
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13 May 2009
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INI Cambridge
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Automorphic Forms and the Langlands Programme
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John Coates
Kevin Buzzard Michael Rapoport Gerard Laumon |
Information on earlier events is available on request.