Unione Matematica Italiana
The Unione Matematica Italiana (UMI), the association of mathematicians in Italy, was founded in 1922 on the initiative of the Italian mathematician Salvatore Pincherle ( University of Bologna ). Around 180 mathematicians responded to this founding initiative; leading Italian mathematicians such as Luigi Bianchi and Vito Volterra supported the project and contributed through articles to the publication of a volume published in 1922, which later became the Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana . Salvatore Pincherle was elected first president. The number of members rose to 400 by 1940 and is currently (2010) around 2500.
The registered office of the charitable foundation (royal decree of October 15, 1923) is Bologna . The purpose is to promote and disseminate the mathematical sciences and their results.
In 1928 the UMI organized the international mathematicians' congress in Bologna , which had a total of 840 participants. At that time Pincherle also had to overcome great resistance from the French, who German mathematicians did not want to be invited. Every four years the UMI organized a large mathematicians' congress. The seat of the UMI is the mathematics faculty of the University of Bologna.
The following periodicals are published by the company:
- Notiario dell'Unione Matematica Italiana ( ISSN 0393-0998 ), since 1974
- Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana ( ISSN 1972-6724 ), since 1922
- La Matematica nella Società e nella Cultura - Rivista dell'Unione Matematica Italiana ( ISSN 1972-7356 ), since 1998
It publishes a series of monographs Quaderni and the collected works of important Italian mathematicians.
The association awards the following prizes:
- Premio Renato Caccioppoli : This prize, endowed with 5200 euros (as of 2000), is named after the Professor of Analysis at the University of Naples and has been awarded every four years since 1960 to an Italian mathematician aged 38 or under for work in analysis.
- Premio Giuseppe Bartolozzi : This prize was donated in 1969 by Professor Federico Bartolozzi in memory of his son. It is awarded every two years for exceptional research work by a young Italian mathematician (under 33 years of age) and is endowed with 1500 euros (as of 2000).
- Premio Franco Tricerri : This prize is named after the Professor of Geometry at the University of Florence Tricerri, who died in a plane crash in China in 1994, and has been awarded every two years since 1995 for work in differential geometry to a mathematician or physicist who has not spent more than three years has completed his studies; it is endowed with 1000 euros (as of 2000).
- Premio Calogero Vinti : This prize, endowed with 4100 euros (as of 2000) and named after the former professor of analysis at the University of Perugia, has been awarded every four years since 1998 for work in analysis to an Italian mathematician who is younger than 40 years.
- Premio Gaetano Fichera : It has been awarded every four years since 2006 for an outstanding publication in analysis and is named after Gaetano Fichera .
- Stampacchia medal for calculus of variations, named after Guido Stampacchia
Presidents after Salvatore Pincherle were: Luigi Berzolari , Enrico Bompiani , Giovanni Sansone , Alessandro Terracini , Giovanni Ricci , Guido Stampacchia , Enrico Magenes , Carlo Pucci , Vinicio Villani , Alessandro Figà Talamanca , Alberto Conte , Carlo Sbordone , Franco Brezzi . Ciro Ciliberto has been President since 2012 .
literature
- Giuseppe Anichini: L 'Unione matematica italiana . European Mathematical Society Newsletter, December 2000.
Web links
- Official website (Italian)