_______________________________________________________________________ THE LEGACY OF REUBEN GOODSTEIN His Centennial and the Wittgenstein Connection Friday 14th December 2012, University of Leicester http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/legacy-of-goodstein For final details of the programme for this Goodstein Centenary Day, see: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/legacy-of-goodstein/programme 2012 is the Centenary of the birth of Reuben Louis Goodstein, the first holder of a UK university chair in Mathematical Logic. In honour of Goodstein and his legacy, we are organizing a day recognizing his impact on the development of Mathematical Logic, worldwide, in the UK and at Leicester. The meeting is supported by the London Mathematical Society and the British Logic Colloquium. The list of distinguished speakers includes: Harvey Rose (Bristol), Jan von Plato (Helsinki), Stanley Wainer (Leeds), Mathieu Marion/Mitsuhiro Okada (Montreal/Keio, Japan), Mike Price (Leicester), Mary Walmsley (Leicester). Topics will include: * Goodstein's theorem in the light of the Bernays-Goodstein correspondence * Goodstein sequences and independence of Peano arithmetic * Goodstein and Wittgenstein * Goodstein and the Mathematical Association * We are also hoping to have a panel discussion entitled 'Goodstein * 'Remembered', where any delegate can share memories and thoughts of Goodstein. We anticipate there will be a number of ex-colleagues and students of Goodstein, and members of the Goodstein family in attendance, and a small evening dinner for speakers and organisers, and guests. The support of the London Mathematical Society provides for a number of bursaries available to UK research students to enable them to attend the meeting. Registration is free. To register, and for details of the programme, please go to the meeting webpage: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/legacy-of-goodstein Download a copy of the conference poster: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/legacy-of-goodstein/Goodstein.p... __________________________ Organisers: S. Barry Cooper (Leeds), Jeremy Levesley (Leicester), Rick Thomas (Leicester), Paul Williams (LSE)