The Hamburg Mathematical Society (german: Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg) is a
learned society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership m ...
concerned with
mathematics and located in the German city of
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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It was founded in 1690 by Heinrich Meissner as the "Kunstrechnungsübende Societät".
It is the oldest still-active mathematical society in the world, and the second-oldest scientific society in Germany after the
Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...
, which was founded in 1652.
Two asteroids,
449 Hamburga
Hamburga (minor planet designation: 449 Hamburga) is a carbonaceous asteroid from the background population of the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 75 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomers Max Wolf and Friedric ...
and
454 Mathesis, were given their names at an anniversary celebration of the society in 1901.
Its journal is the ''Mitteilungen der Mathematischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg''.
It began publications in 1881, succeeding a listing of society talks which had been sent out to members since 1873.
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