Algebra Seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dr Eugenio Giannelli
On Tuesday the 7th of November, Eugenio Giannelli, from the University of Cambridge, visited the School of Mathematics and Physics. He gave an algebra seminar on the topic: “Restriction of … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dr Ana Khukhro
Dr Ana Khukhro (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) visited Lincoln on 3 November. She gave a talk “Geometry of finite quotients of groups” at the Algebra research seminar.
Anitha Thillaisundaram gives a seminar in Royal Holloway
On Wednesday the 4th of October 2017, Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a seminar on branch groups at Royal Holloway, University of London.
A London Mathematical Society Research Grant
Nadia Mazza, Brita Nucinkis, Rachel Camina and Anitha Thillaisundaram successfully secured a London Mathematical Society Research Grant. This grant will go towards organising three one-day meetings in April, September and … Continue reading
LARA seminar by Valentina Iusa
The first LARA seminar of this academic year was held on the 24th of October and was given by Valentina Iusa. She spoke about her research on the nilpotency class … Continue reading
Simon Smith gives a lecture at the University of Cambridge Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar
On 18th October, Simon Smith gave a talk at the Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar at the University of Cambridge, on his recent results about the structure of profinite groups … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram gives a pure mathematics colloquium at Lancaster University
On Wednesday the 18th of October 2017, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke on branch groups at the Pure Mathematics Colloquium of Lancaster University.
Conference “Topics on Groups and their Representations”
Sandro Mattarei gave an invited talk at the conference “Topics on Groups and their Representations”, which was held in Gargnano sul Garda, Italy, on October 9-11, 2017. He talked about “Closed forms for … Continue reading
New Research Highlights brochure
Originally posted on Maths & Physics News:
The new “Research Highlights 2015–2017” brochure has now been printed. This booklet contains brief descriptions of some of the best achievements of the…
School of Maths and Physics at Lincoln Cathedral’s Organ Celebration
This staff-student-family-and-friends venture took us to Lincoln Cathedral on the evening of Friday the 13th. Our group, spanning from a 13-month-old to grandparents, witnessed a wonderful concert by the organists … Continue reading
Dr Florian Lehner (Univ. of Warwick) visits University of Lincoln
Florian Lehner from the University of Warwick visited the University of Lincoln School of Mathematics and Physics this week, to work on a joint research project with Simon Smith. … Continue reading
School of Maths and Physics contributes 120 miles to the Walk A Million campaign in Lincolnshire
On Saturday the 30th of September 2017, the students and staff of the School of Mathematics and Physics hiked a 10-mile section of the Viking Trail, from Navenby to Lincoln, … Continue reading
Visit by Jack Button
Dr Jack Button (Cambridge) visited the School of Mathematics and Physics on the 27th of September 2017. He gave a talk “Finitely generated linear groups — basic concepts and some examples” … Continue reading
Call for new problems and update for Kourovka Notebook
The preparation of the new 19th edition of the “Kourovka Notebook” in underway. Everybody is welcome to propose new problems to be included in the new edition. Problems may “belong” to those … Continue reading
New paper accepted in Finite Fields and Their Applications
The paper by Sandro Mattarei and Marco Pizzato, Generalizations of self-reciprocal polynomials, has been accepted for publication in Finite Fields and Their Applications. (See also https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.07677.pdf.) Abstract: A formula for the number of monic … Continue reading
New year – new look
Celebrating 3rd year of our blog and of our Algebra Group we made an uplift of our blog visual style from a more traditional theme Sandbox 1.6.2 to a slicker and … Continue reading
Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra 