British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM) Research in Progress Meeting 2012
Oxford
United Kingdom
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This meeting provides an opportunity for research students in the history of mathematics to speak about their work.
Keynote speaker:
Henrik Kragh Sorenson (Aarhus), What's Abelian about Abelian groups?
Student speakers:
Nicole Bloye (Plymouth), Title tba
Davide Crippa (Paris), Impossible Problems in Cartesian geometry: the case of the squaring of the circle
Stefanie Eminger (St Andrews), Viribus unitis! shall be our watchword: the first International Congress of Mathematicians, held 9-11 August 1897 in Zurich
Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin (Royal College of Art), Title tba
Liz Rudge (St Andrews), P.G. Tait’s schoolboy introduction to complex numbers
Sam Hatfield (Warwick), Poincare Dodecahedral Space
Dave Kaye (Warwick), Clifford’s theorem and algebraic curves
Mairi Walker (University of Warwick), Poincare's constructions for Riemann surfaces
Meeting fee: 20 pounds including sandwich lunch. There is a discounted fee of 15 pounds for students and unwaged. The fee is payable on the day, If you are coming to this meeting please register by emailing Tony Mann ([email protected]) by Friday 24 February.
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February 24, 2012, 9:00am BST
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