How Hard is too Hard? An Introduction to Complexity - Colva Roney-Dougal

About this episode

Colva Roney-Dougal discusses the concept of complexity in mathematics.

This lecture was recorded by Colva Roney-Dougal on the 11th of May 2026 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London Colva Mary Roney-Dougal OBE is a British mathematician specializing in group theory and computational algebra. She is Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, where she is first female Head of Pure Mathematics. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/hard-complexity Gresha...

People in this episode

Guest: Colva Roney-Dougal

Topics covered

• complexity
• mathematics
• group theory
• computational algebra
• education

Keywords

• complexity
• mathematics
• group theory
• computational algebra
• education
• lecture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of St Andrews

Places: Barnard's Inn Hall, London

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