Tag Archives: Alan Hoffman

Hoffman, Lovász and Haemers

Posted on 23/03/2021 by Peter Cameron

At the weekend I attended remotely a memorial session for Alan Hoffman, organised by Bill Pulleyblank. I found it informative, as well as moving. Hoffman is well-known in the algebraic graph theory community for a number of remarkable achievements, including … Continue reading →

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Alan Hoffman

Posted on 22/01/2021 by Peter Cameron

I have just heard the news that Alan Hoffman has died, at the age of 96. There is much to say about Alan; I will restrict myself to my own person perspective, and not even all of that; I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Peter Sarnak’s Hardy Lecture

Posted on 27/06/2020 by Peter Cameron

Yesterday, Peter Sarnak gave the London Mathematical Society’s 2020 Hardy Lecture (remotely). He talked about gaps in the spectra of connected cubic graphs. It was a talk properly described as a tour de force, applying to the problem ideas from … Continue reading →

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G2D2, 4: the second week

Posted on 04/09/2019 by Peter Cameron

The lecturers of the first two minicourses now gave way for the second team. Mike Boyle and Scott Schmieding told us about symbolic dynamics, in particular, subshifts and their automorphism groups. This was particularly valuable to me: I had dove … Continue reading →

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