The Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: Unione Matematica Italiana) is a mathematical society based in Italy.
 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/ |
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)