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- Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences
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The Department of Mathematics, was established in the Research School of Physical Sciences by the University Council in 1959 on the initiative of Director, Sir Mark Oliphant. The foundation head was Professor Bernhard Hermann Neumann, 1962-1975. Early chair holders were Professor J W Miles, 1962-1965 and Professor Kurt Mahler, 1963-1968; Professor Robert Edmund Edwards, 1970-1986. In 1989 it became part of the School of Mathematical Sciences, which was renamed the Mathematical Sciences Institute in 2002.
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university administration; research; teaching and learning
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Heads of the Department:
Bernhard Hermann Neumann, 1962-1975
Professor J H Coates, 1977-1979
Derek William Robinson, 1982- 1989
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Entered from deposit description on 19 March 2013
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ANU timeline, http://about.anu.edu.au/profile/history/timeline
Trevor Ophel and John Jenkin. Fire in the Belly: the first 50 years of the pioneer School at the ANU, http://physics.anu.edu.au/fire_in_the_belly/Fire_in_the_Belly15.pdf
The Making of the Australian National University 1946-1996 by S G Foster and Margaret M Varghese