British Mathematical Colloquium

This was held at Hull: 8-10 April 1986.

The enrolment was 242.

Organisers were D Strauss

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

The plenary speakers were:

Halmos, P R	Fifty years of linear algebra: a personal reminiscence
Roquette, P	Diophantine equations for algebraic integers
Thurston, W P	Three-dimensional geometry and topology

The morning speakers were:

Allan, G R	A Tauberian theorem applied to operator theory
Barnett, C	N on-commutative probability - limit theorems and maximal inequalities
Bruce, J W	Singularities of envelopes
Conway, J H	Reflections and the Monster
Davenport, J H	Integration in closed form: a mathematical theory that computers can implement
Donaldson, S K	Geometry of 4-manifolds
Hodgkin, L	Mathematical rigour and social order, 1790 - 1820
Howie, J	Equations over groups
Johnson, B E	Stability of homomorphisms and other objects in functional analysis
Macdonald, I G	Finite abelian p-groups
Pitts, A M	Mathematical logic and category theory
Rourke, C P	The resolution of the Poincaré conjecture
Schofield, A H	Quivers
Smith, P F	Groups, rings and fixed rings
Streater, R F	Classical and quantum probability