The Italian Mathematical Union ( it, Unione Matematica Italiana) is a mathematical society based in

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. It was founded on December 7, 1922 by

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, and most notably,

Salvatore Pincherle Salvatore Pincherle (March 11, 1853 – July 10, 1936) was an Italian mathematician. He contributed significantly to (and arguably helped to found) the field of functional analysis, established the Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: "''Unio ...

, who became the Union's first President.

History

, professor at the

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, 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

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(1872), the

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(1891), the

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(1891) and, above all, the

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(1920). The most important italian mathematicians of the time - among all

and

- 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

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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 Caccioppoli Prize is awarded by the Italian Mathematical Union to an Italian mathematician not exceeding the age of 38 who established a wide international reputation. The prize is entitled to the memory of the Italian mathematician Renato Cacci ...

* the

Vinti Prize The Calogero Vinti Prize is awarded by the Italian Mathematical Union to an Italian mathematician not exceeding the age of 40, in recognition of his/her contributions to the field of Mathematical Analysis. The prize is entitled to the memory of the ...

* the Stampacchia Medal * the

List of Presidents

* 1923-1932:

* 1932-1948:

Luigi Berzolari Luigi Berzolari (1863–1945) was an Italian mathematician. Life and work The son of an infantry officer, Berzolari studied at Pavia, under professor Salvatore Pincherle. From 1880 to 1884 he studied at the University of Pavia, where he gradua ...

* 1949-1952: Enrico Bompiani * 1952-1958:

Giovanni Sansone Giovanni Sansone (24 May 1888 – 13 October 1979) was an Italian mathematician, known for his works on mathematical analysis, on the theory of orthogonal functions and on the theory of ordinary differential equations. He was an Invited Speaker ...

* 1958-1964: * 1965-1968: Giovanni Ricci * 1968-1971:

Guido Stampacchia Guido Stampacchia (26 March 1922 – 27 April 1978) was an Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations.. Life and acade ...

* 1971-1974:

* 1974-1977: * 1977-1980: * 1980-1983: * 1983-1986: * 1986-1989: * 1989-1991:

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* 1991-1994:

* 1994-1997: * 1997-2000: * 2000-2003: * 2003-2006: * 2006-2009: Franco Brezzi * 2009-2012: Franco Brezzi * 2012-2015: Ciro Ciliberto * 2015-2018: Ciro Ciliberto * 2018-2021: * 2021-2024:

References

* *

, ''Le attività dell'Unione Matematica Italiana nel primo cinquantennio della sua fondazione'', Bollettino UMI, Serie IV, Suppl. fasc. 2 pp 7–43 (1974)

External links

Italian Mathematical Union
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