[POSTPONED] Rankin-Sneddon Lecture 2023

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[POSTPONED] Rankin-Sneddon Lecture 2023

Rankin-Sneddon Lecture 2023 - The social machine of mathematics

By Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow

Date and time

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:00 - 17:00 GMT

Location

Lecture Theatre 116, Mathematics and Statistics Building

132 University Place Glasgow G12 8TA United Kingdom

About this event

The School of Mathematics and Statistics invites you to

The Rankin-Sneddon Lecture 2023

The Social Machine of Mathematics

Professor Ursula Martin CBE FREng FRSE

University of Edinburgh / University of Oxford

This event is postponed

Lecture Room 116 of the Mathematics and Statistics Building, University of Glasgow

Professor Ursula Martin CBE FREng FRSE is Professor Emerita of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, and an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College Oxford. She has worked in combinatorics, group theory, and the application of logical methods in computer science, particularly computer proof, and now investigates the culture and context of mathematics, and its impact on the practice of mathematics. She is the author of a popular book on the mathematics of Ada Lovelace.

Abstract

How does mathematics come about? In this talk I’ll look at what philosophers, social scientists and historians can tell us about what we are doing when we do mathematics, including recent work on explanation in mathematics, and on how mathematics has impact. I’ll also highlight new approaches to collaborative mathematics, computer supported formal proof, and AI-assisted proof, which challenge our understanding of what a proof might be.

We are looking forward to having you.

Postponed