British Mathematical Colloquium

This was held at Bristol: 10-12 April 1984.

The enrolment was 260.

Organisers were J C Shepherdson


Minutes of meetings, etc. are available at the links below


The plenary speakers were:

Furstenberg, H Ergodic theory and Diophantine problems
Rabin, M The uses of randomisation
Serre, J-P Curves over finite fields

The morning speakers were:

Allenby, R B J T Residual properties of 1-relator groups
Bingham, N H Tauberian theorems, old and new
Dixon, P G Multiplicative functionals on topological algebras
Drake, F R Large cardinals as a measure of the power of assumptions
Dunwoody, M J Ends of graphs and groups
Fowler, D A new interpretation of early Greek mathematics
Jackson, W Cycle coverings of graphs
Kirby, D Finite complexes of free modules, multiplicity and Hilbert functions
Maclachlen, C Arithmetic Fuchsian groups
Power, S C Operators and function theory
Read, C J A solution to the invariant subspace problem
Rees, E G The topology of algebraic varieties
Rogers, C A Set valued maps
Steiner, R Equivalences between topology and algebra
Thompson, E A Mathematical characterisation of genealogical relationships