Mathematical Society in Hamburg
| Mathematical Society in Hamburg | |
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| founding | 1690 |
| founder |
Valentin Heins Heinrich Meißner |
| Seat |
Hamburg , Germany
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| motto | Antiqua emendo substitoque nova |
| main emphasis | Promotion and stimulation of the occupation with pure and applied mathematics |
| method | Meetings scientific publications |
| Website | www.mathges.hamburg/ |
The Mathematical Society in Hamburg is an association in Hamburg. In 1690 the forerunner organization Kunstrechnungsliebende Societät was founded. and is thus one of the oldest still existing scientific societies . The aim of the society is to promote and stimulate the study of pure and applied mathematics.
history
At that time, the society existed mainly as an interest group of teachers and accountants ( typists and arithmetic masters ) and the members had to pass an entrance test and submit a test assignment. It was founded by mathematicians Heinrich Meissner (1643-1716, teacher at the St. Jacobi School) and Valentin Heins (1637-1704), who both also published arithmetic books: Meissner the star and core of algebra (1692) and Heins the Tyrocinium Mercatorio-Arithmeticum , a commercial arithmetic book that was a bestseller at the time and was published until 1805.
From the beginning there were also foreigners in the society, especially Dutch, Danes and Schleswig-Holsteiners. In the 19th century, when it was called the Society for the Dissemination of Mathematical Sciences , engineers, members of the observatory and navigation schools were added. From 1819 the society published a manual of shipping technology (published first by Reinhard Woltman and then by Ch. Carl Rümker) and from 1847 a numerical aid book for technicians. Hermann Schubert played a leading role in the second half of the 19th century .
After the First World War , the mathematicians of the newly founded university were added, which enjoyed a high international reputation with mathematicians such as Wilhelm Blaschke , Erich Hecke , Emil Artin (and also their treatises from the mathematical seminar of the University of Hamburg ). The library with around 60,000 volumes in the building of the Patriotic Society and most of the archive were destroyed in the bombing raids in 1943. In the 1950s, the company was rebuilt under the direction of Werner Burau .
The society has its own journal Mitteilungen der Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg , which has been published since 1872 . After the Second World War they appeared again since 1959.
The emblem of the company is a Janus face with the inscription Antiqua emendo substitoque nova (improve the old and replace it with the new).
Members
In Paul Halcke's Deliciæ Mathematicæ there is a list of the early members at the beginning under Consignatio , some of whom are still known today. The attributive nicknames adopted by the members of society are characteristic:
- Philipp Jacob Oswald, Vienna, † 1703 - The opener
- Johann Georg von Göritz, Vienna † 1723 - The Shining One
- Theobald Schottel, Vienna † 1720 - The end of the umbrella
- Paul Halcke , Buxtehude † 1731 - The keeper
- Hinrich Meißner , Hamburg † 1716 - The multiple end
- Valentin Heins , Hamburg † 1704- The Hopeful
- Johann Jacob Zimmermann , Rotterdam † 1693 - The ornamental
- Johann Balthasar Remer, Braunschweig † 1718 - The rich man
- Michael Scharff, Hamburg † 1703 - The sharpener
- Peter Andreas Grahn, Moscow † 1710 - The green man
- Johann Halcke , Utersen † 1735 - The Harrende
- Johann Böckmann, Celle † 1712 - The blooming one
- Hans Grimm, Gottenburg † 1692 - The founder
- Peter Tidemann, Lübeck † 1719 - The one who carries
- Hinrich Cords, Lübeck † 1707 - The Continuing
- Cord Danxst, Copenhagen † 1717 - The Thinking One
- Ludwig Johann Rust, cell † 1719 - The armor
- Barthold Henrich Witte, Hamburg † 1712 - The defender
- Michael Hönecke, Hamburg † 1707 - The lifting one
- Andreas Georgius Schütze, Stockholm † 1718 - The Protecting One
- Johann Henning Böhlke, Goßlar † 1708 - The Bringende
- Hinrich Honemann, Clausthal - The high one
- Christophorus Schliffel, Hamburg † 1708 - The mediator
- Johann Gude - The Giver
- Eberhard Eberus, Hamburg † 1701 - The Ebende
- Johann Christian Ferber, Hamburg † 1723 - The researcher
- Dieterich Beyenburg, Aalburg † 1734 - The better one
- Jürgen Riege, Hamburg † 1717 - The end of the Reiff
- Dieterich Peter Hinnerking, Hamburg † 1714 - The heap
- Wilhelm Benedict, Breslau † 1705 - The end of the railway
- Johann Leonhard Grafe, Nuremberg † 1729 - The diligent
- Johann Georg Meckenheuser, Quedlinburg † 1727 - The Mark Ender
- Christian Partite, Lübeck † 1749 - The examiner
- Johann Göttsche, Itzehoe † 1731 - The benefactor
- Joachim Michael Brandt, Flensburg † 1740 - The builder
- Johann Hinrich Wohlgemuth, Hamburg † 1720
- Georg Reßler, Breslau † 1738 - Der Reitzende
- Adam Friedrich Müller, Mühlhausen † 1718 - The Mässende
- Gottfried Faber, Breslau - The following
- Georg Hinrich Paricius, Regensburg † 1725 - The Practicirende
- Georg Ruhmbaum, Breslau † 1735 - The Rathende
- Johann Hermann Westerkamp, Osnabrück † 1747 - The watcher
- Nicolaus Rohlfs (also: Rohloffs ), Buxtehude † 1750 - The end of the ring
- Johann Andressen, Horst - The worker
- Johann Christian Ferber (Junior), Husum † 1719 - The Finder
- Rudolph Carstens, Hamburg † 1750 - The Confirmirende
- Hinrich Matthias Wohlgemuth, cell † 1732 - the active one
- Behrend Andreas Wodarch, Hamburg † 1743 - The well-meaning one
- Hans Jacob Seehusen, Hamburg † 1731 - The sowing man
literature
- Mathematical Sciences Yesterday and Today. 300 years of the Mathematical Society in Hamburg I, commemorative publication. Mitt. Math. Ges. Hamburg, Volume 12, 1990, pp. 1–205 (therein M. Wettengel, The history of the scientific societies in Hamburg with special consideration of the society in Hamburg from 1690, pp. 61–205).
Web links
- Website of the Mathematical Society in Hamburg
- Christoph Scriba: Mathematical Society Hamburg (* 1690) , 1996, since 2013 new link (Wolfschmidt).
- Hamburg Mathematical Society. In: University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Mathematical Society on the University of Waterloo Library website, accessed May 18, 2011
- ↑ Facsimile in the SLUB , PDF accessed on June 7, 2016
- ^ Tyrocinium Mercatorio-Arithmeticum , Google Books, accessed June 7, 2016
- ↑ dbnl , accessed on June 7, 2016