A Third of a Millennium of Mathematics in Glasgow
Welcome to A Third of a Millennium of Mathematics in Glasgow - a commemorative event celebrating 333 years since the establishment of the university’s Chair of Mathematics in 1691. The day features engaging talks tracing the university’s mathematical heritage from the 17th century to the present.
Date
Wednesday 4th December 2024
Location
Glasgow University Union (10:00-16:00) and Charles Wilson Building (16:00-17:00)
Agenda
GUU
10.00-10.30: Coffee/tea
10.30-11.30: Murray Pittock (Glasgow): “Numbers and Human Nature: the Data of the Scottish Enlightenment”
11.45-12.45: Isobel Falconer (St Andrews) "George Sinclair and Mathematics in Scotland around 1690"
Lunch for everyone present
2.15-3.15: Bruce Berndt (Illinois) “Robert Rankin and the lost notebook of Ramanujan”
3.30-4.00 coffee/tea
Move across the road to Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson Building
4.00-5.00 Michael Wemyss (Glasgow) - the current holder of the Chair of Mathematics: "Describing functions: from 1690 to present"