The János Bolyai Mathematical Society (Bolyai János Matematikai Társulat, BJMT) is the Hungarian mathematical society, named after
János Bolyai, 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 ge ...
. 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
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.
Presidents of the Society
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László Rédei (1947–1949)
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György Alexits (1949–1963)
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György Hajós (1963–1972)
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László Fejes Tóth
László Fejes Tóth (, ; 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 the Euclidean plane (a ge ...
(1972–1975)
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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.
In 1940, because of his Jewish origins, he was arrested by History of the Jews in Hun ...
(1975–1976)
* (1976–1980)
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Ákos Császár (1980–1990)
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András Hajnal (1990–1996)
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Imre Csiszár (1996–2006)
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Gyula Katona (2006–2018)
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Péter Pál Pálfy (2018–)
Periodicals
The society publishes the following periodicals.
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Középiskolai Matematikai Lapok (KöMaL) monthly for highschool students (since 1894)
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Matematikai Lapok a journal containing expository articles and reports on the activities of the Society (since 1950)
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Periodica Mathematica Hungarica a general mathematics research journal (since 1971)
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Combinatorica
''Combinatorica'' is an international journal of mathematics, publishing papers in the fields of combinatorics and computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theore ...
, a journal publishing original research papers in
combinatorics
Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and as an end to obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many ...
and
computer science
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(since 1981)
* ''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 Commemorative Prize for young researchers (since 1953)
* Gyula Farkas Commemorative Prize to young researchers in applied mathematics (since 1973)
* Tibor Szele
Tibor Szele (21 June 1918 – 5 April 1955) Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics and abstract algebra
In mathematics, more specifically algebra, abstract algebra or modern algebra is the study of algebraic structures, which ...
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 for high school students (since 1891)
* the Miklós Schweitzer Competition
References
External links
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Homepage
of the society
* Ákos Császár: The Hungarian Mathematical Society, Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society
March 2006, issue 59
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