Impressive showing for Bristol mathematicians in annual awards

From top: Professor Jon Keating; Professor Jens Marklof; Dr Harald Helfgott

5 July 2010

Academics from the School of Mathematics have won prestigious prizes from the London Mathematical Society – scooping three of the seven awards given annually.

Professor Jon Keating FRS, also Dean of Science, has won the Froehlich Prize in recognition of his seminal work on the modelling of zeta-functions via random matrix theory.

Professor Jens Marklof has won a Whitehead Prize for his work on quantum chaos, random matrices and number theory.

Dr Harald Helfgott has won a Whitehead Prize for his very varied contributions to number theory, including work on Mobius sums in two variables, integral points on elliptic curves, and in particular for his groundbreaking work on growth and expansion of multiplication of sets in SL_2 (F_p).

The awards will be presented at the Society’s Annual General Meeting on 19 November.