Irish Mathematical Society
Cumann Matamaitice na hÉireann
12th September Meeting
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Irish Mathematical Society
Cumann Matamaitice na hÉireann
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The 12th September meeting of the Irish Mathematical Society was held in Trinity College Dublin Thursday and Friday, September 2&3, 1999.
The programme included a series of six talks on a number of key figures of Mathematics in Ireland during the 20th century, as follows.
Speaker | Topic |
| D. H. Armitage (QUB) | E. T. Whittaker (1873-1956) |
| P. Barry (UCC) | P. B. Kennedy (1929-1967) |
| J. T. Lewis (DIAS) | J. L. Synge (1897-1995) |
| L. Ó Raifeartaigh (DIAS) | C. Ryan (1934-1973) |
| E. Ortiz (Imperial College London) | C. Lanczos (1893-1974) |
| T. T. West (TCD) | A. J. McConnell (1903-1993) |
The more scientific part of the programme was as follows.
Speaker | Topic |
| R. J. Archbold (Aberdeen) | Extensions of pure states: variants of the Kadison-Singer problem |
| J. H. Davenport (Bath) | Algebraic geometry goes constructive |
| S. Dineen (UCD) | Complex analysis on infinite dimensional spaces |
| G. J. Murphy (UCC) | Quantum groups |
| G. Pfeiffer (NUIG) | Computations with Coxeter groups |
Programme | ||||||
| All talks in the Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building, TCD. | ||||||
Thursday September 2nd, 1999 | ||||||
| 10.45 | - | 11.15 | Registration | |||
| 11.15 | - | 12.05 | S. Dineen (UCD) | Complex analysis on infinite dimensional spaces | ||
| 12.15 | - | 12.45 | D. H. Armitage (QUB) | E. T. Whittaker (1873-1956) | ||
| Lunchbreak | ||||||
| 14.00 | - | 14.25 | T. T. West (TCD) | A. J. McConnell (1903-1993) | ||
| 14.30 | - | 14.55 | P. Barry (UCC) | P. B. Kennedy (1929-1967) | ||
| 15.00 | - | 15.25 | L. Ó Raifeartaigh (DIAS) | C. Ryan (1935-1973) | ||
| Teabreak | ||||||
| 16.00 | - | 16.45 | E. Ortiz (Imperial College) | C. Lanczos (1893-1974) | ||
| 16.50 | - | 17.15 | J. T. Lewis (DIAS) | J. L. Synge (1897-1995) | ||
| 19.30 | Dinner at the Caravaggio restaurant, Alexander Hotel | |||||
Friday September 3rd, 1999 | ||||||
| 10.00 | - | 10.50 | G. J. Murphy (UCC) | Quantum groups | ||
| Coffeebreak | ||||||
| 11.15 | - | 12.05 | R. J. Archbold (Aberdeen) | Extensions of pure states: variants of the Kadison-Singer problem | ||
| 12.10 | - | 13.00 | Ordinary meeting of the Irish Mathematical Society | |||
| Lunchbreak | ||||||
| 14.30 | - | 15.20 | G. Pfeiffer (NUIG) | Computations with Coxeter groups | ||
| Teabreak | ||||||
| 15.45 | - | 16.35 | J. H. Davenport (Bath) | Algebraic geometry goes constructive | ||
Page written by Richard Timoney, richardt@maths.tcd.ie.
Last updated September 6th, 1999.
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