The Councils of the London Mathematical Society and Institute for Mathematics and its Applications are delighted to announce that the 2022 Christopher Zeeman Medal has been awarded to Simon Singh. The Christopher Zeeman Medal is the UK award dedicated to recognising excellence in the communication of mathematics.
The is seeking nominations, or self-nominations, for members and a Chair for the Executive Committee to work on a voluntary basis as part of the next steps in setting up a National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
The ICM 2022 will take place as a fully virtual event over 6–14 July 2022. The schedule is available . Lectures will take place between 9:00–18:00 CEST every day. Particiption in the virtual International Congress of Mathematicians 2022 (ICM 2022) is free and open to all, but requires prior registration. You can register now .
We are delighted to announce that the 2022 Bachelier Prize has been awarded to Professor Beatrice Acciaio.
Many congratulations to the four recipients of the 2022 Fields Medal, which were announced by the IMU at a ceremony in Helsinki this morning.
The Society is pleased to announce that Professor Jens Marklof FRS has been nominated as President Elect of the London Mathematical Society.
The 2022 аĿª½±Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 1 July 2022. The аĿª½±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 2022:
Professor Jennifer Tour Chayes, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Professor Vladimir Drinfeld, Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Professor at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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As many members will know, in January 2020 the government and UKRI announced £300 million in additional funding for mathematical sciences, of which £124 million has been allocated so far. In March of this year, via the Protect Pure Maths campaign, the UK’s mathematical societies called for the £300 million to be honoured.