Italian Mathematical Union

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

Unione matematica italiana
Formation7 December 1922 (7 December 1922)
HeadquartersBologna
FieldsMathematics
Official language
Italian
President
Piermarco Cannarsa
Main organ
Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana
AffiliationsEuropean Mathematical Society
Websitehttps://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

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

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
  • 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
  1. "Cenni storici sull'Unione Matematica Italiana" [History of the Italian Mathematical Union]. Unione Matematica Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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