One of the hardest things for a supervisor of a new doctoral student is to choose a research topic. It should be one which is not trivially easy or impossibly difficult. But of course it is impossible to say in advance whether a problem will fall into one of these categories. It is especially difficult…

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05.06.2024

Dominic Welsh memorial service | Peter Cameron's Blog

To Oxford last Saturday for the memorial service for Dominic Welsh. I wrote about Dominic here; the picture was taken at Geoff Whittle's conference in Wellington in December 2015, if my memory serves. Many people's lives were touched by Dominic, and it was good to see so many able to make it for the service.…

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27.06.2024

Two conferences, two mysteries | Peter Cameron's Blog

Two conferences in recent days. Time permitting, I would say more about each. I just want to point to two mysteries and some synergy. Last week I was at the British Mathematical Colloquium in Manchester. The last plenary speaker at the first was Nina Snaith, who talked about one of the most striking recent mysteries,…

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07.07.2024

New BCC website | Peter Cameron's Blog

The British Combinatorial Committee has a new website: www.britishcombinatorics.org.uk/ Take a look, and pass on any comments! My personal thanks to Julia Wolf. The WordPress site I maintained for several years will now be decommissioned. And on the subject of announcements, the next British Combinatorial Conference will be in Cardiff, 6-10 July 2026.

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