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SEMINAR: Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

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Title: Galois and his groups

Abstract: When Galois invented groups they were very different from the structures taught and learned and loved in undergraduate courses at UWA and other modern universities. My purpose in this lecture will be to explain the differences and calibrate the similarities. As a by-product I hope to show that topics in the History of Mathematics can be just as exciting, subtle and difficult as mathematics itself.

About our speaker: Peter was awarded a DPhil in 1966, written under the supervision of Professor Graham Higman FRS, and a DSc by Oxford in 1976. In Oxford, Peter 38 students completed doctorates under his supervision, including one Cheryl E. Praeger.

Peter has been honoured with the Lester R. Ford Award by the Mathematical Association of America in 1987, the Senior Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society in 2003, and the David Crighton Medal jointly by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and the London Mathematical Society in 2012. Peter was elected to an Emeritus Fellowship of Queen’s in 2008.

Peter’s research has contributed to a range of areas of algebra and its history. Some include: finite permutation groups; infinite permutation groups; soluble groups; design of group-theoretic algorithms; history of group theory.
Speaker(s) Dr Peter Neumann (Queen's College, Oxford)
Location Blaker's Lecture Theatre
Contact Luke Morgan <[email protected]>
Start Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:00
End Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:00
Submitted by Luke Morgan <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:05
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