Some pictures from the ICM

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Here are some pictures from the ICM 2010:

Plus headed for world domination.

Plus headed for world domination.

Well, maybe not quite ... it's a panel discussion on popularisation of maths.

Well, maybe not quite ... it's a panel discussion on popularisation of maths. (Thanks to Jaime Carvalho e Silva for both of these photos.)

Plus with Cédric Villani.

Plus with Cédric Villani.

3000 mathematicians trying to have dinner.

3000 mathematicians trying to have dinner.

3000 mathematicians trying to have lunch.

3000 mathematicians trying to have lunch.

3000 mathematicians trying to catch a hotel bus.

3000 mathematicians trying to catch a hotel bus.

Plus with Christian Schlaga, Germany's acting ambassador to India.

Plus with Christian Schlaga, Germany's acting ambassador to India. It's a long story, but basically Plus ended up with a sculpture of the Berlin bear (with a maths design) that had been presented to Schlaga at the German embassy's reception at the ICM.

The old town of Hyderabad

The old town of Hyderabad

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