Berlin Mathematical Society

Berlin Mathematical Society
founding	October 31, 1901
Seat	Berlin
main emphasis	mathematics
Website	www.math.berlin

The Berlin Mathematical Society (BMG) is a non-profit and registered association for the promotion of mathematics in and around Berlin and was founded in Berlin in 1901. With easily understandable lectures, publications and events, BMG joins the mathematically interested public, the mathematicians at universities and from the business world and the mathematically interested teachers and students.

history

The Berlin Mathematical Society was founded in Berlin on October 31, 1901 and is based in part on the "Mathematical Association at the University of Berlin".

The 38 founding members of BMG included Adolf Kneser , Edmund Landau , Issai Schur and, as a founding student member, Constantin Caratheodory . The first chairman of the BMG from 1901 to 1902 was Julius Weingarten .

Known members

The following mathematicians are or were members of the BMG, persons marked with * are honorary members:

• Felix Klein
• David Hilbert
• Max von Laue
• Heinrich Behnke *
• Erhard Schmidt *
• Friedrich Hirzebruch *

Board and organization

The board of directors of the BMG is elected for two years by the members of the BMG in accordance with the statutes. After the election on February 25, 2014, the BMG Board currently consists of Konrad Polthier (Chairman), Eberhard Knobloch (Deputy Chairman), Andreas Filler (Secretary) and Michael E. Klews (Treasurer) as well as a group of assessors, including one Representatives of the student group.

The BMG is entered in the register of associations of the Berlin-Charlottenburg District Court under registration number 2363NZ.

Anyone who would like to promote mathematics in Berlin or are interested in mathematical activities can become a member of the Berlin Mathematical Society.

activities

The BMG promotes mathematics in Berlin, for example, with easily understandable lectures, publications, events and an extensive website. There you can find information about events in Berlin and the surrounding area, mathematical locations and mathematicians who have worked in Berlin.

Mathematical places in Berlin

The BMG presents mathematical places in Berlin , including for example:

• the memorial plaque for Niels Henrik Abel
• a medallion to Carl Friedrich Gauss
• the stumbling block for Margarete Kahn
• the frieze on the Rotes Rathaus

Publications

When the BMG was founded in 1902, the series of publications entitled “ Meeting reports of the Berlin Mathematical Society” was started. Since 2007 the BMG has published the journal “Forum der Berliner Mathematischen Gesellschaft”.

Web links

• Homepage of the Berlin Mathematical Society

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• Eberhard Knobloch: 100 Years of Mathematics in Berlin , DMV Mitteilungen 4/2001.

• Heinrich Begehr: The Berlin Mathematical Society: Origin, Founding, New Founding, Meeting Reports of the BMG, 1997–2000, Berlin, 2001, pp. 267–366.