Italian Mathematical Union
 UMI's headquarters in Bologna | |
| Formation | 7 December 1922 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bologna |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Official language | Italian |
President | Piermarco Cannarsa |
Main organ | Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana |
| Affiliations | European Mathematical Society |
| Website | https://umi.dm.unibo.it/ |
The Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: Unione Matematica Italiana) is a mathematical society based in Italy.
It was founded on December 7, 1922, by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Salvatore Pincherle, professor at the University of Bologna, sent on 31 March 1922 a letter to all Italian mathematicians in which he planned the establishment of a national mathematical society. The creation was inspired by similar initiatives in other countries, such as the Société mathématique de France (1872), the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (1891), the American Mathematical Society (1891) and, above all, the International Mathematical Union (1920).
The most important Italian mathematicians of the time - among all Luigi Bianchi and Vito Volterra - encouraged Pincherle's initiative also by personally sending articles for the future Bulletin; overall, about 180 mathematicians replied to Pincherle's letter. On December 7 of the same year the first meeting was held.
In 1928 the Italian Mathematical Union hosted the International Congress of Mathematicians in Bologna.
Activities[edit]
The Union's journal is the Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, which contains two sections: one for research papers, and one for expository articles.
The Italian Mathematical Union awards the following prizes:
- the Bartolozzi Prize
- the Caccioppoli Prize
- the Vinti Prize
- the Stampacchia Medal
- the Tricerri Prize
List of presidents[edit]
- 1923-1932: Salvatore Pincherle
- 1932-1948: Luigi Berzolari
- 1949-1952: Enrico Bompiani
- 1952-1958: Giovanni Sansone
- 1958-1964: Alessandro Terracini
- 1965-1968: Giovanni Ricci
- 1968-1971: Guido Stampacchia
- 1971-1974: Guido Stampacchia
- 1974-1977: Enrico Magenes
- 1977-1980: Carlo Pucci
- 1980-1983: Carlo Pucci
- 1983-1986: Vinicio Villani
- 1986-1989: Vinicio Villani
- 1989-1991: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
- 1991-1994: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
- 1994-1997: Alberto Conte
- 1997-2000: Alberto Conte
- 2000-2003: Carlo Sbordone
- 2003-2006: Carlo Sbordone
- 2006-2009: Franco Brezzi
- 2009-2012: Franco Brezzi
- 2012-2015: Ciro Ciliberto
- 2015-2018: Ciro Ciliberto
- 2018-2021: Piermarco Cannarsa
- 2021-2024: Piermarco Cannarsa
References[edit]
- ^ "Cenni storici sull'Unione Matematica Italiana" [History of the Italian Mathematical Union]. Unione Matematica Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ Magenes, Enrico (1998). "Una testimonianza sul III Congresso dell'U.M.I" [A witness of the third Congress of the UMI]. Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (in Italian). 1-A (1): 1–6. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ Magenes, Enrico (1998). "L'U.M.I. nel primo dopo-guerra (1945-1951)" [The UMI in the early years after WWI (1945-1951)]. Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (in Italian). 1-A (2): 145–152. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- "The Italian Mathematical Union". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
- Giovanni Sansone, Le attività dell'Unione Matematica Italiana nel primo cinquantennio della sua fondazione, Bollettino UMI, Serie IV, Suppl. fasc. 2 pp 7–43 (1974)
External links[edit]
- Italian Mathematical Union (in Italian)
