The Austrian Mathematical Society (german: Österreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft) is the national mathematical society of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and a member society of the

European Mathematical Society The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians. The current ...

History

The society was founded in 1903 by

Ludwig Boltzmann Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics, and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodyn ...

Gustav von Escherich Gustav Ritter von Escherich (1 June 1849 – 28 January 1935) was an Austrian mathematician. Biography Born in Mantua, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna. From 1876 to 1879 he was professor at the University of Graz. ...

and Emil Müller as ''Mathematical Society in Vienna'' (german: Mathematische Gesellschaft in Wien). After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

it resumed operation in May 1946 and was formally reestablished at the 10th of August 1946 by

Rudolf Inzinger Rudolf Inzinger (5 April 1907 – 26 August 1980) was an Austrian mathematician who made contributions to differential geometry, the theory of convex bodies, and inverse problems for sound waves. Biography Born in Vienna, he was a student at the ...

. In autumn 1948 the name was changed to ''Austrian Mathematical Society''.

Publications

It publishes the "International Mathematical News" (german: Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten) with three issues per year (not to be confused with ''

Mathematische Nachrichten ''Mathematische Nachrichten'' (abbreviated ''Math. Nachr.''; English: ''Mathematical News'') is a mathematical journal published in 12 issues per year by Wiley-VCH GmbH. It should not be confused with the ''Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten ...

'', an unrelated mathematics journal). It was issued for the first time in 1947. It also publishes the mathematics journal ''

Monatshefte für Mathematik '' Monatshefte für Mathematik'' is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal established in 1890. Among its well-known papers is " Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I" by Kurt Gödel, published in 193 ...

'' in cooperation with

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Prizes

Every year it awards its main prize (german: Förderungspreis) to a promising young mathematician. It also awards smaller prizes for the best dissertation, diploma and high-school thesis in mathematics.

References

External links

Official website
Learned societies of Austria Mathematical societies Science and technology in Austria Organizations established in 1903 1903 establishments in Austria {{Austria-org-stub