British Mathematical Colloquium
This was held at UMIST: 9-12 April 1996.
The enrolment was 280.
Organisers were R Bryant
Minutes of meetings, etc. are available at the links below
The plenary speakers were:
Casson, A
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The geometric topology of 3-manifolds |
Wiles, A
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Elliptic curves and Fermat's Last Theorem |
Zelmanov, E
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The morning speakers were:
Anthony, M H G
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Mathematical problems in "Learning theory" |
Barrow-Green, J E
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Poincaré and the discovery of chaos |
Berry, M V
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The Riemann-Siegel formula for the zeta function |
Bridson, M R
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Non-positive curvature and group theory |
Cameron, P J
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Sum-free sets |
Crawley-Boevey, W
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Deformations of the preprojective algebra |
Davie, A M
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The dynamics of circle maps |
Everest, G R
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How high is a polynomial? |
Flynn, E V
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Rational points on curves |
Hitchin, N J
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Hyperkäler geometry |
Holland, M P
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Grothendieck groups of primitive factors of enveloping algebras of semi-simple Lie algebras |
James, G D
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Representations of symmetric groups |
Jones, J D S
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Morse theory and flow categories |
MacKay, R S
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Optimal timetabling of a 24-hour shuttle bus service |
Partington, J R
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Interpolation and reconstruction of algebraic functions |
Special session: Combinatorics, Organiser: P J Cameron
Alon, N
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The geometry of coin-weighing problems |
Blokhuis, A
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Special sets in finite projective lines |
Sloane, N J A
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Arranging planes so that they are as far apart as possible: packings in Grassmanian manifolds |
Special session: Differential geometry/Mathematical physics, Organiser: N J Hitchin
Burstall, F
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Harmonic 2-spheres in Lie groups and the Bruhat decomposition of the loop group |
Merkulov, S
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Classification of Segre holonomies of torsion-free affine connections |
Nakajima, H
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Monopoles and Nahm's equation |
Sutcliffe, P
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Monopoles and Platonic symmetry |