We are delighted that the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is being held in the UK (University of Bath) this month (11-22 July 2019). Teams of six high school students, from 114 countries will sit two tough four and a half hour papers, with three questions on each paper.
The 2019 LMS Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 28 June 2019. The LMS extends its congratulations to this year’s prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics.
The London Mathematical Society has elected the following people to Honorary Membership of the Society in 2019:
Professor Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Professor Don Zagier, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
The brief citations read:
Following the consultation with the membership, further discussion by Council, and legal advice, the latest version of the revised Standing Orders has received preliminary approval from the Privy Council. The document, which can be found here, was presented at the General Meeting on June 28th and prepared for a final vote at the AGM on November 29th. (Note the later date than usual.)
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) would like extend its warmest congratulations to LMS members Professor Ken Brown, Professor Peter Donnelly and Peter Ransom on the honours they received in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Others to be honoured include mathematicians Professor Duncan Lawson and Dr Diane Crann, and statistician Professor Sylvia Richardson.
The LMS is currently seeking someone to take over the role of Editor-in-Chief when the current Editor-in-Chief stands down at the end of the year. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible to the Council of the LMS for chairing the Newsletter Editorial Board.
The LMS is deeply concerned about the arrest in Turkey on 11 May 2019 of Tuna Altinel, a Turkish mathematician working for many years in the Université Lyon 1 in France. Professor Altinel was one of the signatories in 2016 of a petition supported by more than 2000 scientists and intellectuals against military actions towards civilians, and took part in a legitimate public meeting in France in February 2019 on the same topic.
Since 1982 the IMU has awarded the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize at each ICM for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences.
In 2018, the IMU Executive Committee took the decision to discontinue this prize because of historical issues arising from its name.
It was decided at the IMU General Assembly 2018 to set up a new prize with similar scope. It will be called the IMU Abacus Medal and will be awarded at each ICM, starting in 2022. The award will consist of a gold medal, a cash award of EUR 10,000, and a diploma.