EMS 1984 Colloquium
The Edinburgh Mathematical Society held the St Andrews Colloquium in St Andrews from 25 July to 4 August 1984. Note that these dates were later than usual, chosed so as to avoid the Open Golf Championship held in St Andrews in the summer of 1984.
A picture of the 1984 Colloquium is available at THIS LINK.
A picture of the 1984 Colloquium is available at THIS LINK.
- The Lecturers of the St Andrews Mathematical Colloquium, 1984.
The following gave a series of seven lectures:
(a) Professor Walter K Hayman (Imperial College, London).
(b) Professor John M Ball (Heriot-Watt) - "Calculus of variations and non-linear elasticity."
(c) Professor Friedrich Hirzebruch (Bonn) - "Algebraic surfaces."
(d) Professor Donald Passman (Wisconsin) - "Infinite group rings and crossed products."
- From the Minutes of the General Council Meeting in October 1984.
There were 81 members of the 1984 St Andrews Colloquium and 26 'guests'.
The Colloquium organiser was Dorothy M E Foster.