Simon Smith gave a talk at the Université Catholique de Louvain, in Belgium
Simon Smith visited Adrien Le Boudec and Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium from 26th November until 30th November 2017. While there he gave a … Continue reading
School Christmas Party
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On 14 December 2017 we held our largest School Christmas Party with food, drinks, music and even Xmas quiz. For the first time…
Seminar by Jonathan Crofts (NTU)
On Tuesday the 12th of December at 2pm in JUN0001, Jonathan Crofts from Nottingham Trent University will be giving a seminar on “Complex brain networks in health, development and disease”, … Continue reading
Inaugural Professorial Lecture in Mathematics
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Is algebra a spoilsport in mathematics? a public lecture by Professor Evgeny Khukhro University of Lincoln Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 6:00-7:20 pm Newton…
LARA seminar by Callum Burrows
The LARA seminar on the 5th of December was given by Callum Burrows. The title of his talk was “Properties of group actions and their relation to wreath products”. Abstract: We … Continue reading
New paper accepted for publication
New paper by Evgeny Khukhro (Univ. of Lincoln) and Pavel Shumyatsky (Univ. of Brasilia) “Finite groups with Engel sinks of bounded rank” has been accepted for publication in Glasgow Mathematical Journal. … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke at the University of St Andrews’ Pure Mathematics Colloquium
On the 23rd of November 2017, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke on branch groups at the Pure Mathematics Colloquium at the University of St Andrews. She began her talk with the Burnside … Continue reading
Simon Smith gave a seminar at the University of Newcastle
Simon Smith gave at talk at the Algebra and Geometry Seminar at the University of Newcastle on Tuesday 21st November. His talk was on his recent research into the structure … Continue reading
Excursion to Donna Nook Nature Reserve and Cleethorpes
This School of Maths and Physics staff-student-family-and-friends trip took us to the Donna Nook Nature Reserve to see the seals, and later to Cleethorpes for the afternoon. Due to low … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Professor Brita Nucinkis
On Wednesday the 15th of November, Professor Brita Nucinkis (Royal Holloway, University of London) visited School of Mathematics and Physics in Lincoln. She gave a talk “Centralisers in generalised Thompson … Continue reading
3rd Annual Boole Lecture in Mathematics
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On 2nd of November, George Boole’s 202th birthday, Professor Alexandre Borovik (University of Manchester) delivered the 3rd Annual Boole Lecture “What is mathematics…
Up the cathedral tower
On Wednesday the 8th of November, a small group of maths staff and students climbed up to the highest point in Lincoln, led by cathedral volunteers.
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