The Legacy of Reuben Goodstein: His Centennial and the Wittgenstein Connection

2012 is the Centenary of the birth of Reuben Louis Goodstein, the first holder of a UK university chair in Mathematical Logic.

In honour of Goodstein and his legacy, we are organizing a day recognizing his impact on the development of Mathematical Logic, worldwide, in the UK and at Leicester.

Topics will include:

• Goodstein's theorem in the light of the Bernays-Goodstein correspondence
• Goodstein sequences and independence of Peano arithmetic
• Goodstein and Wittgenstein
• Goodstein and the Mathematical Association
• We are also hoping to have a panel discussion entitled 'Goodstein 'Remembered', where any delegate can share memories and thoughts of Goodstein.

We anticipate there will be a number of ex-colleagues and students of Goodstein, and members of the Goodstein family in attendance, and a small evening dinner for speakers and organisers, and guests.

The meeting is supported by the London Mathematical Society, and there are a number of bursaries available to UK research students to enable them to attend the meeting. Registration is free.

Download a copy of the conference poster:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/legacy-of-goodstein/Goodstein.pdf

To register, and for details of the programme, please go to the meeting webpage: