The János Bolyai Mathematical Society (Bolyai János Matematikai Társulat, BJMT) is the Hungarian mathematical society, named after

János Bolyai János Bolyai (; 15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consisten ...

, a 19th-century Hungarian mathematician, a co-discoverer of

non-Euclidean geometry In mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry consists of two geometries based on axioms closely related to those that specify Euclidean geometry. As Euclidean geometry lies at the intersection of metric geometry and affine geometry, non-Euclidean geo ...

. It is the professional society of the Hungarian mathematicians, applied mathematicians, and mathematics teachers. It was founded in 1947, as one of the two successor societies of the Mathematical and Physical Society (Matematikai és Fizikai Társulat) founded in 1891. It is 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 ...

Presidents of the Society

László Rédei László Rédei (15 November 1900 – 21 November 1980) was a Hungarian mathematician. Rédei graduated from the University of Budapest and initially worked as a schoolteacher. In 1940 he was appointed professor in the University of Szeged and i ...

(1947–1949) *

György Alexits György Alexits (5 January 1899 - 14 October 1978), born in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-la ...

(1949–1963) *

György Hajós György Hajós (February 21, 1912, Budapest – March 17, 1972, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in group theory, graph theory, and geometry.. Biography Hajós was born February 21, 1912, in Budapest; his great-grandfathe ...

(1963–1972) *

László Fejes Tóth László Fejes Tóth ( hu, Fejes Tóth László, 12 March 1915 – 17 March 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician who specialized in geometry. He proved that a lattice pattern is the most efficient way to pack centrally symmetric convex sets on th ...

(1972–1975) *

Pál Turán Pál Turán (; 18 August 1910 – 26 September 1976) also known as Paul Turán, was a Hungarian mathematician who worked primarily in extremal combinatorics. He had a long collaboration with fellow Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, lasting ...

(1975–1976) * (1976–1980) *

Ákos Császár Ákos Császár ( hu, Császár Ákos, ) (26 February 1924, Budapest – 14 December 2017, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in general topology and real analysis. He discovered the Császár polyhedron, a nonconvex polyhedr ...

(1980–1990) *

András Hajnal András Hajnal (May 13, 1931 – July 30, 2016) was a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences known for his work in set theory and combinatorics. Biography Hajnal was born on 13 May 1931,

(1990–1996) *

Imre Csiszár Imre Csiszár () is a Hungarian mathematician with contributions to information theory and probability theory. In 1996 he won the Claude E. Shannon Award, the highest annual award given in the field of information theory. He was born on Februa ...

(1996–2006) *

Gyula Katona Gyula Katona may refer to: * Gyula O. H. Katona Gyula O. H. Katona (born 16 March 1941 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem In algebraic combin ...

(2006–2018) *

Péter Pál Pálfy Péter Pál Pálfy (Debrecen, 23 August 1955) is a Hungarian mathematician, working in algebra, more precisely in group theory and universal algebra. Between 2006 and 2018 he served as the director of the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics. ...

(2018–)

Periodicals

The society publishes the following periodicals. * Középiskolai Matematikai Lapok (KöMaL) monthly for highschool students (since 1894) * Matematikai Lapok a journal containing expository articles and reports on the activities of the Society (since 1950) * Periodica Mathematica Hungarica a general mathematics research journal (since 1971) *

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, a journal publishing original research papers in

combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many appl ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

(since 1981) * ''Colloquia Mathematica Societatis, Janos Bolyai''Colloquia Mathematica Societatis, Janos Bolyai
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Awards

* Manó Beke Commemorative Prize, given to at most 7 mathematics teachers (since 1950) *

Géza Grünwald Géza Grünwald (October 18, 1910, Budapest – September 7, 1943) was a Hungarian mathematician of Jewish heritage who worked on analysis. He died in the Holocaust. See also * Grunwald–Wang theorem In algebraic number theory, the Grunwald� ...

Commemorative Prize for young researchers (since 1953) * Gyula Farkas Commemorative Prize to young researchers in applied mathematics (since 1973) *

Tibor Szele Tibor Szele (Debrecen, 21 June 1918 – Szeged, 5 April 1955) Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics and abstract algebra. After graduating at the Debrecen University, he became a researcher at the Szeged University in 1946, then h ...

Commemorative Medal for major researchers who created scientific schools * László Patai Commemorative Prize for supporting one student or young researcher (since 1994)

Competitions

* the

József Kürschák Mathematical Competition József () is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Joseph. Notable people bearing this name include: * József Braun (also known as József Barna; 1901–1943), Hungarian Olympic footballer * József Cserm ...

for high school students (since 1891) * the

Miklós Schweitzer Competition The Miklós Schweitzer Competition (''Schweitzer Miklós Matematikai Emlékverseny'' in Hungarian) is an annual Hungarian mathematics competition for university undergraduates, established in 1949. It is named after Miklós Schweitzer (1 Februar ...

References

External links

* th
Homepage
of the society *

: The Hungarian Mathematical Society,

Newsletter 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 ...

March 2006, issue 59
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