Abelian Groups
The Abel Prize in mathematics, one of the awards whose laureates join us each year for the HLF, was originally proposed in 1899 as a complement to the Nobel prizes – to recognise achievement in … Weiterlesen
Posts in Category ‘Allgemein’
Addition and Abstraction
In a previous post, I talked about the mathematical idea of generalisation – taking a system or idea and extending it in as many directions as possible to see what other interesting things we can … Weiterlesen
How much maths can you buy with £50?
The Bank of England has recently announced their decision for who to feature on the newly redesigned £50 note, and I’m pleased to say it’s a mathematician! They’d already decided it was going to be … Weiterlesen
The Nobel Prize for Mathematics
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum is an annual opportunity to celebrate some of the world’s top mathematicians and computer scientists, by gathering together the recipients of prestigious maths and computer science prizes, including the Abel Prize, … Weiterlesen
The Lynx and the Hare
While my training is in pure mathematics, I also have an appreciation of the way applied mathematicians make use of it. Maths can be deployed to understand, explain and predict the behaviour of real-world situations, … Weiterlesen
The maths behind the Fields Medal
One of the prizes celebrated annually at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum is the Fields Medal – one of the highest honours a mathematician can receive, and awarded once every four years to up to four … Weiterlesen
IMU Abacus Medal
One of the prizes awarded to HLF Laureates is the Nevanlinna prize – given every 4 years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, to celebrate outstanding contributions in mathematical aspects of information sciences. That is … Weiterlesen
Stairs and generalisation
One of the great things about being a mathematician is that you learn how to tackle arithmetic and calculations and manipulate equations, so if you come across any of these problems in your work or … Weiterlesen
Combinatorics Puzzles
If you look up combinatorics on Wikipedia, it’s described as ‘a branch of mathematics primarily concerned with counting’. You might be forgiven for thinking, if you have studied maths at school level but not encountered … Weiterlesen
Karen Uhlenbeck: 2019 Abel Prize Laureate
One of the main prizes celebrated at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum each year is the Abel Prize – established on 1 January 2002, the Abel Prize recognises outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, … Weiterlesen