Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Lincoln

Anitha Thillaisundaram speaks at the Women in Mathematics meeting in Cambridge

On Monday, the 30th of April 2018, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke on “Hausdorff dimension of pro-p groups – history and open problems” at the Women in Mathematics 2-day meeting at the … Continue reading

May 2, 2018 · 2 Comments

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dan Segal

On 25th of April 2018, Professor Dan Segal (University of Oxford) visited the University of Lincoln and gave a talk at the Algebra seminar “On groups of finite upper rank”. … Continue reading

April 27, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by George Willis

On Thursday the 19th of April 2018 George Willis (Newcastle, Australia) gave a talk on “Totally disconnected, locally compact groups” at the Lincoln Algebra seminar (see abstract here). Introducing the … Continue reading

April 22, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Martyn Quick

On Wednesday the 18th of April 2018, Martyn Quick (St Andrews) visited Lincoln and gave a talk “Presentations for Thompson’s infinite simple group V and some of its generalisations“. Abstract: Thompson’s … Continue reading

April 20, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra Seminar by Dan Segal

On Wednesday the 25th of April 2018, Professor Dan Segal (University of Oxford) will be visiting the University of Lincoln and giving a seminar on groups of finite upper rank, … Continue reading

April 20, 2018 · 1 Comment

First public lecture by maths and physics student society

On Monday the 16th of April 2018, the University of Lincoln Maths and Physics Student Society (MAPS) organised their very first public lecture, aided by a London Mathematical Society Undergraduate … Continue reading

April 17, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebraic conference in Lincoln on totally disconnected locally compact groups

On Friday the 13th of April 2018 a one-day algebraic conference was conducted at the University of Lincoln “The category of totally disconnected locally compact groups“.  The conference was supported … Continue reading

April 15, 2018 · 2 Comments

Algebra seminar by George Willis

On Thursday the 19th of April 2018 at 4pm, George Willis (Newcastle, Australia) will be giving a seminar on “Totally disconnected, locally compact groups” in INB 3305. All are welcome … Continue reading

April 12, 2018 · 1 Comment

LARA seminar by Anitha Thillaisundaram

On Wednesday the 11th of April 2018, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke on the von Neumann-Day problem and on growth, as part of the reading group on Amenable Groups. The next LARA … Continue reading

April 11, 2018 · Leave a comment

Algebra Seminar by Martyn Quick

On Wednesday the 18th of April 2018, Martyn Quick (St Andrews) will be visiting Lincoln and giving a seminar at 3.30pm in INB 3305. His talk details are as follows: … Continue reading

April 11, 2018 · 1 Comment

International conference “Group Theory Ischia–2018”

Evgeny Khukhro was an invited speaker at the conference “Ischia Group Theory–2018″ (Ischia, Italy, 19–24 March). He gave a plenary talk Almost Engel compact groups on 23 March. This biennial conference is an influential forum … Continue reading

April 4, 2018 · 1 Comment

British Mathematical Colloquium-2018

British Mathematical Colloquium-2018 will be held in St Andrews on 11–14 June. Congratulations to Dr Simon Smith who is an invited speaker at this largest annual pure mathematics conference!

March 29, 2018 · 1 Comment

LARA seminar by Evgeny Khukhro

On Wednesday the 14th of March 2018, the third LARA seminar of this semester by given by Evgeny Khukhro on the Foelner condition, following the lecture notes of Alejandra Garrido. … Continue reading

March 19, 2018 · Leave a comment

One-day conference in Lincoln on totally disconnected locally compact groups

On Friday the 13th of April 2018, there will be a one-day meeting at the University of Lincoln as part of the London Mathematical Society Joint Research Group on Functor … Continue reading

March 15, 2018 · 1 Comment

Presentations by third-year maths students

On Monday the 12th of March 2018, our third-year maths students each presented a 7-minute review of a mathematical paper of their choice. Well done to all our third-year students … Continue reading

March 14, 2018 · 1 Comment

Staff and student excursion to Tattershall Castle

On Saturday the 10th of March 2018, a small student-staff group visited Tattershall Castle, a National Trust site about 40 minutes away. Here are some pictures of the grounds, including … Continue reading

March 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

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