An article by Professor Simon Tavaré, based on his Presidential Address given at the аĿª½±AGM on 10 November 2017 and entitled ‘T’ has been published in the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society and is free to read.
In this article, Professor Tavaré shares his view on developments around the theme of the Ewens sampling formula (ESF), which was first published 50 years ago (W.J. Ewens, ‘’) illustrating the contribution of several of the Society’s past presidents to the theory around the ES.