Fortieth British Mathematical Colloquium

This was held at Exeter: 12 - 14 April 1988.

The enrolment was 248.    The chairman was P Vámos.

Minutes of the General meeting are available at THIS LINK

Agenda of the Committee meeting are available at THIS LINK

A Press Release from Exeter University is available at THIS LINK


Correspondence about the organisation of the BMC to be carried forward to the meeting in 1989

A memo from Dr D R Woodall in November 1988 is available at THIS LINK

A memo from Dr D R Woodall on the BMC and VAT is available at THIS LINK

A letter from the EMS in December 1988 is available at THIS LINK

A memo from Dr D R Woodall in March 1989 is available at THIS LINK

A memo from the EMS in March 1989 is available at THIS LINK

A letter from Dr D L Johnson is available at THIS LINK

A letter from the Dr D R Woodall is available at THIS LINK


The plenary speakers were:
Lovasz, L Lattice points in convex bodies
Shelah, S Van der Waerden numbers
Singer, I M Geometry and string theory

The morning speakers were:
Brown, K A The zero divisor problem for group rings
Carne, T KMöbius transformations and the Schwarzian derivative
Davis, M H A Stochastic analysis and applications to optimisation and control
Gray, J J Recent progress in the history of mathematics
Hill, R Optimal error-correcting codes
Morton, H R Knots and algebras
O'Carroll, L A uniform Artin-Rees theorem and Zariski's main lemma on holomorphic functions
Praeger, C E Subgroups of finite symmetric groups
Pride, S J Some geometric tools of combinatorial group theory
Rogers, L C G In no time at all: a review of Brownian local time
Sleeman, B D The complex nature of biology and Hamiltonian dynamics
Sparrow, C T Chaotic differential equations
Thomason, A G Some applications of analysis, algebra and number theory in complexity theory
Vaughan, R CRecent progress in additive number theory
Zeeman, E CDiscussion on "Funding mathematics"