British Mathematical Colloquium
This was held at Galway: 6-9 April 2009.
The enrolment was 206.
Organisers were T Hurley
The partner for this BMC was IMS
Minutes of meetings, etc. are available at the links below
The plenary speakers were:
Eisenbud, E
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Plato's Cave: What we still don't know about linear projections in Algebraic Geometry |
Graham, R
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The combinatorics of solving linear equations |
Green, B
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Approximate structure in additive combinatorics |
Grigorchuk, R
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Hanoi Tower game and self-similar groups |
Kirwan, F
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Quotients of algebraic varieties by group actions |
The morning speakers were:
Berndt, J
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Foliations and cohomogeneity one actions |
Carbery, T
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Tube-nullity and Fourier Analysis: results and open problems |
Kilian, M
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Flows of constant mean curvature surfaces |
Leary, I
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An infinite Smith group |
Mathieu, M
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On some non-commutative Banach-Stone theorems |
O'Brien, É
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Towards effective algorithms for linear groups |
Olsen, L
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Multifractals, Baire category and prevalence |
Osinga, H
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The Lorenz manifold: from mathematics to steel |
Twarock, R
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Applications of Group Theory in Virology: Affine extensions of noncrystallographic groups predicting virus architecture |
Welsh, D
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The Random Planar Graph |
Other lectures
Gow, R
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From George Salmon and 27 lines to octonions, E_6 and beyond |
Körner, T
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Mathematics and Smallpox |
Laffey, T
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The Nonnegative Inverse Eigenvalue Problem |
Special session: Analysis
Csörnyei, M
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Differentiability of Lipschitz functions and other problems in geometric measure theory |
Gardiner, S
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Harmonic functions outside a cylinder |
Haydon, R
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On the scalar-plus-compact problem |
Todorov, I
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Stable isomorphism of dual operator spaces |
Special session: Computational Algebra
Cohen, A
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Constructions of curves with given groups of automorphisms |
Eick, B
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Isomorphism testing for algebras (Lie or associative) |
Flannery, D
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On deciding finiteness of matrix groups |
Galbraith, S
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Elliptic curves and public key cryptography |
McGuire, G
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Some computational algebra in cryptography |
Malle, G
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Computing in Hecke algebras |
Special session: Mathematical Education
Bass, H
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Mathematics Education research: What's in it for the Mathematicians? |
Cleary, J
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Mathematical Literacy and Self-efficacy of First Year Third Level Students |
MacanBhaird, C
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The Impact of Mathematics Support on Students' Grades and their Attitudes towards Mathematics |
Mestel, B
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Teaching mathematics with online tutorials |
Pfeiffer, K
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How Do First Year Mathematics Students Validate Mathematical Arguments? |