The Iranian Mathematical Society (IMS) is the main mathematical society in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It was officially registered in 1971 by Professor
Mehdi Behzad
Mehdi Behzad (Persian:مهدی بهزاد; born April 22, 1936) is an Iranian mathematician specializing in graph theory. He introduced his total coloring theory (also known as "Behzad's conjecture" or "the total chromatic number conjecture") dur ...
, who was the first president of IMS. The current president of IMS is Professor
Mohammad Sal Moslehian.
Aims and Scops
The main goals of IMS are to promote education and research in mathematical sciences to the highest level of excellence as well as foster the awareness of mathematics and its connections to other basic sciences.
Publications
The first publication of IMS is the Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society which was first published in 1973. The other publications of IMS are
* Journal of the Iranian Mathematical Society
* Culture and Thoughts of Mathematics
* Newsletter of the Iranian Mathematical Society
Awards
The IMS awards several prizes:
* Mirzakhani Award
* Riazi Kermani Award
* Behzad Award
* Radjabalipour Award
* Vesal Award
* Shafieiha Award
* Hashtroudi Award
* Fatemi Award
* Mosahab Award
* Ghorbani Award
References
External links
The IMS website
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Mathematical societies
1971 establishments in Iran
Learned societies of Iran
Organizations established in 1971